Evaluation of cardiac biomarkers in children with acute severe bronchial Asthma-A prospective study from tertiary care center in northern India.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

During the attacks of acute severe bronchial asthma there are marked cardiopulmonary changes leading to hypoxia. The study aims to find the incidence of myocardial dysfunction in patients of acute severe bronchial asthma based on cardiac enzyme levels at admission and see whether the myocardial damage is transient or persistent even after stabilization of the patient based on enzyme levels at discharge.

Materials and methods

This prospective, case control study was done at Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University between October 2016 to May 2018. Sixty pediatric patients of acute severe bronchial asthma were taken as cases and 15 age and sex matched children served as controls. Blood samples were collected in Ethylene diami

SUBMITTER: Jain M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6310179 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature