title: Special therapy in an institutional hospital.
abstract: I would like to introduce institutional therapy, a special therapeutic method used in our country for severe bronchial asthmatic children. Institutional therapy is mainly being used in national and municipal medical facilities. Approximately 2,300 patients receive this treatment yearly. Of the 158 patients who received this treatment in our institution in the past 4 years, 56.3% of them are leading normal lives after hospital discharge. Comparing those with a good prognosis to those with a bad prognosis, the time from onset of the serious stage to hospitalization is shorter and EIA levels are increased in the former group. Adequate amounts of physical training are effective in improving the patients' functional abilities and promoting confidence; therefore this therapy is highly effective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Shimoshizu National Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimuta
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D001250:Asthma, Exercise-Induced / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis