[Criteria for determining the degree of handicap in bronchial asthma in childhood].

Patients history, clinical findings, pulmonary function and necessary therapy are combined for a diagram, which should easily allow to grade childhood asthma for general practitioners, pediatricians and consultants of the health insurance. The grading system is based on the cited literature, dealing in part with the matter, and on the international consensus report on asthma.

[Results of hardening in children with bronchial asthma].

In 40 girls between 10 and 16 years, 28 of them asthmatics, spirometry and body plethysmography was carried out before and after an air bath from the end of december at outside temperatures of -10 degrees C up to april at temperatures of +10 degrees C. In 50% of the asthmatic girls a bronchospasm occurred, which depended nearly linearly (r = 0.68) from the outside temperature.

[Indications and successes of climate therapy of children].

The indications for courses of climatic treatment are almost the same in various areas. Nevertheless, one should not only work by "trial and error" but should take climatic factors into consideration well in advance. The North Sea is characterised by equable temperatures.