Hospital admissions for asthma can be reduced by providing systemic corticosteroid treatment

In a latest research in Canada it is proven that if within 75 minutes of Asthma attack patient is given the treatment of Systemic Corticosteroids then the condition of patient can become stable very soon and admissions to the hospitals of asthmatic patients can be reduced to a great number. This research was done in Montreal Canada. Doctor Francine Ducharme and her McGill university colleagues were behind this successful research. In their research they found out that 16% reduction in admissions was observed while applying this way of treatment. According to the researchers the findings of their research are highlighting on the issue of giving required and appropriate treatment to the patient at the right time.  This appropriateness means that the treatment should be given according to the condition of the patient and severity of the attack.

In the research Dr Ducharme and her team observed a sample size of 406 children whose ages ranged from 2 years to 17 years. All of these children were brought to hospital with a mild or severe attack of asthma. Out of all 406 children 36 % were admitted due to the severity of the asthma attack and rest were sent back after giving them the required medication.  In the research median age was found out to be 4 and 36% were females and remaining were males. Out of all the children only 12% got severe attack of asthma while 88% got light attack. 50% cases out of the all cases were given the systemic corticosteroids within 75 minutes of the attack while 33% delayed in being given the medicine. Remaining 17% were not given any systemic corticosteroids. It was observed that when systemic corticosteroids were given to the children within 75 minutes of attack, it reduced chances of admission to the hospital by 40% in all.

According to Dr. Ducharme if the hospital administration wants to be effective and efficient and want quick recovery of emergency asthmatic patients then the method of giving systemic corticosteroids within 75 minutes of attack should be followed and that should be followed for everyone regardless of the age of the patient. Because as early the treatment is given to the patient as early would be the recovery time for the patient. This early treatment of patient would reduce the time of the emergency department of the hospital by almost 40 minutes. In these 40 minutes, which would be saved by giving systemic corticosteroids, any other serious patient can be treated and the efficiency of the hospital would also increase. In this way patients would also have to suffer a much lesser amount of pain and would recover quickly.

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