What medicine to take for bronchopneumonia

Comprehensive treatment measures should be taken in the treatment of bronchopneumonia, and the common clinical drugs for the treatment of bronchopneumonia are:

1. Control of infection: Sensitive antibiotics should be selected according to the pathogen. For example, penicillin or amoxicillin are preferred for pneumococcal pneumococcal pneumonia; Oxacillin or cloxacillin is preferred for Staphylococcal aureus pneumonia; Amoxicillin plus clavulanate or ampicillin plus sulbactam is preferred for Haemophilus influenzae pneumonia; Mycoplasma pneumoniae or chlamydial pneumonia is preferred with macrolides such as erythromycin, roxithromycin, and azithromycin.

Note: Antibiotics should be selected under the guidance of a physician according to the child's condition and epidemiology.

2. Symptomatic treatment: oxygen should be inhaled in time if hypoxia symptoms occur; For those with fever, cough and phlegm, antipyretic, cough and expectorant should be given to keep the respiratory tract unobstructed; Patients with severe wheezing can use bronchial antispasmodics; Patients with abdominal distension and hypokalemia should be given potassium supplementation in time, and patients with toxic intestinal paralysis should be fasted and decompressed, and phentolamine intravenous injection can also be used; Corrects water, electrolyte, acid-base balance disorders.

3. Others: Glucocorticoids can be used for short-term treatment in patients with obvious poisoning symptoms or severe wheezing, cerebral edema, septic shock, and respiratory failure. Prevention and treatment of heart failure, toxic intestinal paralysis, toxic encephalopathy, etc., and active treatment of complications such as empyema and pneumothorax.

The principles of treatment of bronchopneumonia are to control inflammation, improve ventilatory function, treat symptomatically, prevent and treat complications. In addition to daily care, children should be paid close attention to changes in their condition so that they can be dealt with in a timely manner.