Effect of dynamic electroneurostimulation in treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in preschool children

Aim. To assess the effect of dynamic electroneurostimulation in treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in preschool children. Methods. The main group consisted of 45 preschool children with community-acquired pneumonia, in whom 7-day treatment course of dynamic electroneurostimulation was included as the component of the complex treatment. The control group included 55 children in whom conventional tactics was applied. Results. General intoxication syndrome was resolved at 3.2±1.1 day in children of the main group compared to 7.7±1.4 day in the control group. The use of dynamic electroneurostimulation reduced the duration of respiratory distress by more than 1.5 times (6.8±1.3 day), regression of physical lung changes was observed at 10.3±1.4 on average, compared to the end of the second week at the control group. Resolving of the clinical symptoms in children of the main group was accompanied by statistically significant (p <0.05) reduction of basic parameters of systemic inflammation (increased white blood cells count, high neutrophil count, left shift) by 7th day of treatment. The level of C-reactive protein reduced by 7 times in children of the main group, compared to 2.3 times in comparison group (p <0.05). Chest X-ray on the 7th day showed complete resolving of inflammatory changes in 20 (44.4%) patients of the main group, while no such cases were observed in control group (p <0.001). At the same time, no positive change of X-ray picture was revealed in 25 (45.5%) children of the control group, while there were no such cases in the main group (p <0.001). On the 11th day of treatment complete resolving of inflammatory changes was found in 43 (95.6%) children of the main group, compared to 34 (61.8%) children of the control group (p <0.05). Conclusion. Including of dynamic electroneurostimulation in complex treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in children reduces the recovery time, hospital stay and treatment cost.

community-acquired pneumonia, preschool children, dynamic electroneurostimulation