Progress in the treatment of bronchiolitis obliterans
XU Dan
CHEN Zhi-min
Abstract:Bronchiolitis obliterans (bronchiolitis obliterans BO) is a chronic airflow limitation caused by bronchial inflammatory injury.The clinical manifestations are persistent cough,wheezing and dyspnea after airway injury.The conventional bronchodilator therapy is invalid for BO.At present,the treatment for BO is still in lack of uniform standard.The early stage is the key period of clinical treatment.Treatment for children BO includes general supportive treatment,use of corticosteroids,bronchodilators,macrolides,intravenous immunoglobulin and other antibiotics,leukotriene receptor antagonists and immunosuppressants,as well as pulmonary physical therapy and lung transplantation.
Keywords:bronchiolitis obliteranstreatmentchild
Publication Date:2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date:2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages:5( 903-907 )
