CHRONIC BRONCHITIS IN CHILDREN: TOPICAL ISSUES OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

Abstract

Abstract. The most complex and urgent problem of pediatric pulmonology are chronic nonspecific lung diseases. Despite significant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of this pathology, many issues remain debatable. This applies, first of all, to infectious and inflammatory diseases, their terminology, age-related evolution, and their connection with chronic, incapacitating, pathology in adults. The article presents the data of a review of the literature on the etiology and pathogenesis, course features, differential diagnosis and conservative therapy of chronic bronchitis in children.
Keywords: children, chronic bronchitis, diagnosis, treatment.