Analysis of curative effects of human gamma globulin on bacterial pneumonia in pediatric patients
1Department of Pediatrics, Wuxi Branch of Zhongda Hospital, South-east University, Wuxi, China.
Abstract:
The main aim of this study was to investigate the effects of human gamma globulin (HGG) on inflammation targets in children. A total of 80 children were randomly divided into observation and control group with 40 cases in each group. The control group was given comprehensive treatment while the observation group was treated with HGG. The time of disappearance of clinical signs and symptoms, time of improvement of pulmonary iconography, inflammatory indices, time and degree of improvement of lung function and adverse reactions were observed. The total effective rate in the observation group was 97.5% and significantly higher than control group (77.5%). The time of fever clearance, imaging improvement as well as cough and pulmonary rales disappearance in the observation group was shorter than control group. After treatment, the levels of inflammatory indicators such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reaction protein (CRP) in the observation group were lower than control group. No obvious abnormalities of urea nitrogen, creatinine, serum alanine amino transferase (ALT) and aspartate amino transferase (AST) were found in the two groups. Overall, HGG effectively shortened the course of RMPP, improved the cure rate, reduced the inflammatory reaction and promoted the recovery of lung function without obvious adverse reaction.
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