Effectiveness of personalised medical rehabilitation programs in children with bronchial asthma

Introduction. Bronchial asthma (BA) is the most common chronic pathology in children. The basis of medical rehabilitation is currently a “multidisciplinary approach”, which includes, among other things, a personalized approach.

Aim. Тo develop a comprehensive targeted program for medical rehabilitation of children with bronchial asthma, and to study the effectiveness of a comprehensive targeted program selected taking into account the individual characteristics of the child.

Materials and methods. For each patient participating in the study, an individual targeted program of medical rehabilitation was developed in accordance with the procedures and standards of medical care, taking into account indications and contraindications, taking into account a multidisciplinary approach and rehabilitation methods, namely: climatotherapy, physiotherapy, speleotherapy, aromatherapy, inhalation therapy, oxygen therapy, hypoxic therapy, mechanotherapy, psychocorrection, massage, therapeutic exercise, phytotherapy. Patients were randomized into three groups, without reference to the treatment method or other factor. All three groups of patients received a basic program of medical rehabilitation, which included magnetotherapy, dry carbon dioxide baths, speleotherapy and therapeutic exercise.

Results. Positiveindicators of clinical and laboratory results and subjective data as a result of rehabilitation were obtained in all patients from all 3 groups. In children with bronchial asthma of mixed genesis, as a result of complex treatment, a significant improvement was noted. These results allow us to speak about the significant effectiveness of individually selected targeted medical rehabilitation programs in patients with bronchial asthma.

Conclusion. The use of an individual rehabilitation complex of procedures and treatment methods in pediatric patients with bronchial asthma is effective, it allows improving the condition and well-being of patients according to subjective sensations, as well as clinical and diagnostic indicators. It is possible to recommend the introduction of the use of these programs in medical rehabilitation of this group of patients.

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