Aerosol delivery to wheezy infants: A comparison between a nebulizer and two small volume spacers

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 212-216

  Wildhaber, Johannes H ^a   Devadason, Sunalene G ^a   Hayden, Mark J ^a   Eber, Ernst ^a   Summers, Quentin A ^b   LeSouëf, Peter N ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

aerosol; asthma; electrostatic charge; infants; inhalation therapy; wheeze

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; METAL; PLASTIC; SALBUTAMOL;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRICITY; FILTER; HUMAN; INFANT; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METERED DOSE INHALER; NEBULIZER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WHEEZING;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AEROSOLS; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 0030895713     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199703)23:3<212::AID-PPUL7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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