Bronchitis in children: Pay attention to respiratory health
https://doi.org/10.21518/ms2025-416
Abstract
In pediatric practice, bronchitis is a group of the most common diseases of the bronchopulmonary system. The usual simple attitude towards bronchitis as a mild nosological form has now been revised and requires serious adaptation of the global medical community to more careful consideration of symptoms due to the isolation of recurrent bronchitis of various etiologies and prolonged bacterial bronchitis. Of particular importance is the potentially negative impact of prolonged bacterial bronchitis on long-term respiratory health due to the formation of bronchiectasis. First of all, in real clinical practice, the attention of primary care pediatricians should be focused on these features. This review analyzes the data of modern scientific literature on the electronic databases PubMed, EMBASE database, Cochrane Library, Wiley, PUBFACTS, Springer Link platform, Elsevier scientific publishing house, Cyberleninka. The analysis of 42 full–text reviews combined the differential diagnostic criteria of various forms of bronchitis, including those that are secondary. The important role of the duration of bronchitis symptoms and the features of the clinical picture is emphasized. In the context of prolonged bacterial bronchitis, attention is drawn to the high risks of the formation of a chronic bronchopulmonary process in the late diagnosis of this form of bronchial lesion. The issues of the use of antibacterial therapy for bronchitis in world practice are considered, the main causes of irrational therapy are highlighted. The approaches to mucoactive therapy are analyzed, taking into account the positive prognostic effect on longterm respiratory health in the light of functionally active mucociliary clearance. Potentially high clinical efficacy of bronchitis therapy with multicomponent phytopreparations has been shown.
About the Author
N. L. Potapova
Chita State Medical Academy
Россия
Россия
Natalya L. Potapova, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Assistant Professor, Head of Outpatient Pediatrics with a Course of Medical Rehabilitation
39a, Gorkiy St., Chita, 672000
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Potapova NL. Bronchitis in children: Pay attention to respiratory health. Meditsinskiy sovet = Medical Council. 2025;(19):39–45. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21518/ms2025-416
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