THE INHIBITORY EFFECT OF BOOTH WITH ELECTRIC AIR CLEANER IN INSTITUTIONALIZED ASTHMATIC CHILDREN, EXACERBATED DURING HOME STAY MULTLI-CENTER DOUBLE BLIND CROSSOVER STUDY

Sankei Nishima; 佐々木 聖; 根本 紀夫; 杉本 日出雄; 西牟田 敏之; 久田 直樹; 小林 伸雄; 熊本 俊則; 岡田 文寿; 津田 恵次郎; 吉田 政弘

doi:10.3388/jspaci.9.32

THE INHIBITORY EFFECT OF BOOTH WITH ELECTRIC AIR CLEANER IN INSTITUTIONALIZED ASTHMATIC CHILDREN, EXACERBATED DURING HOME STAY

MULTLI-CENTER DOUBLE BLIND CROSSOVER STUDY

Sankei Nishima, [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese]

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1995 Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 32-39

DOI https://doi.org/10.3388/jspaci.9.32

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Abstract

The inhibitory effect of booth with electric air cleaner (Mite-Free Booth) on acute asthma attacks was evaluated in seventeen children with bronchial asthma (atopic type) receiving institutional therapy by multi-center double blind crossover study.
1. The numbers of house dust mite in their bedroom and floor were 1095/g and 1050/g, on an average respectively, and mite allergen was caught by filter in Mite-Free Booth.
2. In group using Mite-Free Booth, clinical usefulness was observed in 52.9% of patients, while those was 23.5% in control group.
3. There were no exacerbation evaluated by the number of asthma attacks and pulmonary function during home stay in group using Mite-Free Booth, although those was significantly exacerbated in control group.
These results suggest that Mite-Free Booth is useful equipment for the management of atopic bronchial asthma.

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