title: Nebulized lidocaine inhalation in the treatment of patients with acute asthma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Lidocaine can promote the apoptosis of eosinophils, which is normally delayed by IL-5; it has a good effect on serious steroid resistant asthma (SRA). The study aimed to explore the effect of nebulized lidocaine inhalation on asthma.
  
  
  METHODS
  It was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled and prospective study. A total of 36 patients with acute asthma were divided into groups A1, A2, B1 and B2, with 9 patients in each group. The patients of groups A1 and A2 had steroid resistant asthma (SRA) and those of groups B1 and B2 had steroid sensitive asthma (SSA). Patients in groups A2 and B1 were administered nebulized lidocaine in addition to routine treatment, while patients in groups A1 and B2 were given nebulized normal saline apart from routine treatment and served as placebo-controlled groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were significant differences in heart rate, respiratory rate, and peak flow rate and forced expiratory volume in one second between the experimental groups and the placebo-controlled groups. There was no significant difference between groups A2 and B1, and between A1 and B2.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Inhaled lidocaine is beneficial to asthma patients, especially those with steroid-resistant asthma.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Third People's Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing 400014, China (Lv ZM, Tang J); Experimental Teaching Center of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China (Chen L).
authors.forename: Zu-Ming
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Third People's Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing 400014, China (Lv ZM, Tang J); Experimental Teaching Center of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China (Chen L).
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Third People's Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing 400014, China (Lv ZM, Tang J); Experimental Teaching Center of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China (Chen L).
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
keywords: Asthma; Lidocaine; Treatment