Clinical Profile of Asthmatic Children Aged 6-14 Years: A Retrospective Study in Al-Bayda Medical Center

One of the most common chronic inflammatory pediatric disorders is bronchial asthma, it constitutes a major health problem affecting both genders, their prevalence worldwide varies, and different risk factors may predispose to develop of asthma in children. The present study aimed to evaluate the clinical profile of pediatric patients with chronic bronchial asthma. Patients and Methods: a retrospective study was carried out and analyzed the data of 118 children aged 6-14years who attended the Pediatric Allergy Clinic, at Al-Bayda medical center (AMC), Al-Bayda, Libya, who were clinically diagnosed with persistent asthma over one-year period. (2020) Results: A total of 118 children who were clinically diagnosed with asthma were enrolled: 25.4% mild persistent, 59.3 % moderate persistent and 15.3% severe persistent asthma of semi-equal sex distribution, most of them not exclusively breast feeding 54.2% and 51.7%had positive family history of asthma, the most commonly used medications were inhaled glucocorticosteroids and long acting b2-agonist(50%), overall cases the mean value of duration till disease control was 5.7±2.6 months, with longest duration till achievement of control is consumed by sever case. Loss of patient’s adherence occurred in 20.3% of cases. No significance correlation between the age of patients, family history of atopy or breast-feeding history and the degree of asthma severity and duration till disease control. Conclusion: Moderate persistent asthma is the commonest pattern of severity, most of cases had positive family history of atopy and current asthma control was good with adjustment of a treatment according to the guidelines.