PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Cvietusa, Peter TI - PROGRESSIVE BRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION DURING THE ACUTE STAGE OF RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION IN ASTHMATIC CHILDREN DP - 1995 Aug 01 TA - Pediatrics PG - 393--394 VI - 96 IP - 2 4099 - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/96/2/393.2.short 4100 - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/96/2/393.2.full SO - Pediatrics1995 Aug 01; 96 AB - For most asthmatics respiratory pathogens will cause an exacerbation of their asthma. Progresive bronchial obstruction is inevitable in affected patients although some patients may have more severe obstruction. The time-course in milder exacerbations is uniform when left untreated by the significant addition of anti-inflammatory medicine.