Meta-analysis of effect on treatment of acute episode of asthma of infants with oxygen drived nebulizer

Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of the therapy of nebulized oxygen inhalation in infants with asthma. Methods According to the requirements of cochrane systematic review, a thorough literature search was performed among Chinese digital Hospital Library ( www. chkd. cnki. net ) and Chinese Biomedical Literature Disk Database (CBM disk). A-meta analysis was performed on a total of 741 patients involved in 9 papers which met the inclusion criteria. Results The obvious effective rate, total effective rate and clinical symptom were improved in study group. The difference between the two groups has reached significance (P ＜0. 0l ). Conclusions Oxygen-driven method inhalation was quick and effective in treating medium and heavy bronchial asthma, Oxygen atomized inhalation was superior to ultrasound inhalation in therapeutic effect. Key words: Oxygen atomized inhalation;  Infants;  Asthma;  Meta-analysis