[Involved factors in stability of children's asthma. A study of 150 children in Mahdia].

: In order to reduce the mortality and morbidity by asthma in perpetual increasing, taking in charge of asthmatic child must be general (therapeutic and educative) with the intention to stabilize il cause of the lack of curing ait. The aim of our work was to determinate the factors in stability of asthma. Our study was retrospective, inducing 150 asthmatic children regularly observed since at least 6 months and more than 4 years old: 77 of them was judged stable and 73 unstable. Stable asthma concerned insignificatively children who are more than 8 year old, from urban areas, unexposed to tobacco living is sunny homes and when there is no associated factors like effort asthma and gastro-oesophagien reflux. Instability of asthma has been in significantly correlated with the initial severity and non adaption to treatment.