一项随机双盲试验表明,对住院的重度哮喘病人,类固醇类药物吸入治疗和全身性治疗同样有效,因此经过静脉注射类固醇类药物2天后即可停止继续使用全身性治疗。 纽约Beth Israel医学中心的Dr.Mary Lee-Wang指出,根据广泛采用的原则,对病情加重需要住院的重度哮喘病人的标准治疗方法是全身性给予皮质类固醇类药物。让需要住院的哮喘病人吸入皮质类固醇的作用尚不清楚。 A randomized double-blind trial showed steroid inhalation and systemic treatment were equally effective for hospitalized patients with severe asthma, so discontinuing systemic treatment after 2 days of intravenous steroid treatment. According to Dr. Mary Lee-Wang, of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, the standard treatment for patients with severe asthma who require hospitalization under the widely adopted principle is to administer corticosteroids systemically. The role of inhaled corticosteroids in asthmatic patients requiring hospitalization is not clear.