БРОНХИТЫ: ОСОБЕННОСТИ КЛИНИЧЕСКОЙ КАРТИНЫ У ДЕТЕЙ РАЗНОГО ВОЗРАСТА

The aim of the study is to analyze the clinical picture of bronchitis in children of different age groups in conjunction with the influence of exogenous and endogenous factors on the severity of the disease. Materialand methods. The 110 children with the established diagnosis of bronchitis were examined in the Children’s City Hospital No. 2 of Rostov-on-Don. The patients were divided into 5 groups: I group included 54 patients aged from 1 month to 1 year (49.1 %); II group had 43 children from 1 year to 3 years (39.1 %); III group consisted of 7 children from 4 to 7 years (6.4 %); IV group included 4 children from 8 to 12 years (3.6 %); V group had 2 children older than 12 years (1.8 %). Results. The study of the clinical picture of bronchitis in children showed that inflammatory diseases of the bronchi most often occured in patients of the I and II age groups. Obstructive variants of the disease with the development of respiratory failure are also more common within patients of the I and II groups. The burdened allergic history and premorbid background contribute to the severe course of the disease.