支气管哮喘是小儿常见的慢性气道炎症 ,其发病率近年有上升趋势 ,病死率有所增长。特别是哮喘重度发作 ,如抢救不及时常导致死亡。自 1997年 1月～ 2 0 0 1年 2月我们应用大剂量甲泼尼龙治疗 86例急性哮喘重度发作患儿 ,取得满意的效果 ,总结如下。1　临床资料1.1　一般资料　 Bronchial asthma is a common childhood chronic airway inflammation, the incidence of the upward trend in recent years, the case fatality rate increased. In particular, severe asthma attacks, such as salvage may not often lead to death. From January 1997 to February 2001, we applied high-dose methylprednisolone treatment of 86 children with severe acute asthma attack, and achieved satisfactory results, summarized as follows. 1 clinical data 1.1 general information