title: Bronchial asthma treatment retrospective analysis.
abstract: Allergology and Clinical Immunology Department of the Tbilisi State Medical University has created and implemented numerous medications and methods in treatment of asthma since its establishment in 1974. The aim of the present study was to analyze the thirty three year experience of the Allergology and Clinical Immunology Department in its attempt to treat bronchial asthma. The retrospective analysis of case histories between 1980 and 2006 period has been carried out to evaluate inpatient treatment efficacy of patients with bronchial asthma in Georgia during different periods of social and economic development. The first group included the period between 1980 and 1984. The second group--between 1996 and 2000 (time of medical reform initiation). The third group--between 2002 and 2006 (state standard implementation and function period). The efficacy of inpatient treatment has been investigated for each of three groups.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Teliia
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gegeshidze
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Donghuzashvili
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D005846:Georgia (Republic); D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents