The Value of Induced Sputum in the Diagnosis and Management of Children with Bronchial Asthma.

Background: Induced sputum in children with bronchial asthma represents a non-invasive method of bronchial inflammation assessment. The main objective of our study was to analyze the cellularity of sputum in patients with bronchial asthma according to the level of disease control and the controlling therapy (with/without inhaled glucocorticoids). The second objective was to establish the correlation between sputum cellularity and other indirect parameters used to evidence bronchial inflammation (exhaled nitric oxide) and obstruction (forced expiratory volume in 1 second).

The role of exhaled nitric oxide assessment in children with bronchial asthma.

Background: Exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) assessment in children with bronchial asthma (BA) is an easy and non-invasive test that provides informations on the presence of bronchial inflammation.

Methods: The study included 110 children aged between 5-18 years with a diagnosis of BA. The patients were assessed clinically (objective examination, questionnaire regarding the disease control) and by medical tests (exhaled breath analysis for nitric oxide, induced sputum, spirometry).

Clinical, imaging and cystometric findings of voiding dysfunction in children.

Unlabelled: The AIM of the study was to validate some of the imaging criteria for voiding dysfunction in children.

Material And Methods: The study included a number of 55 children with voiding dysfunction symptoms. They were investigated clinically as well as through imaging techniques: renourinary ultrasound, voiding cystourethrography and cystometry.

Epidemiological survey 6 years apart: increased prevalence of asthma and other allergic diseases in schoolchildren aged 13-14 years in cluj-napoca, romania (based on isaac questionnaire).

Background: The prevalence of asthma and allergy has increased during recent decades.

Objective: We investigate the prevalence of asthma and other allergic diseases in children aged 13-14 years and we evaluate the trend of prevalence after an interval of 6 years.

Material And Methods: We used a core questionnaire designed by the International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Children.

The long-term evolution of chronic hepatitis B acquired in childhood.

Unlabelled: The AIM of this study was to assess the long-term evolution of chronic hepatitis B acquired in childhood.

Methods: The study was carried out in 2007 - 2008 on a group of 77 adult patients who were diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B in childhood. The actual assessment included epidemiological, clinical, biological and virological data, ultrasound examination in all patients and liver histology in 3 patients.