Effects of inhaled fluticasone propionate administered with metered dose inhaler and spacer in mild to moderate croup: A negative preliminary report

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 114-117

  Roorda, Ruurd Jan ^a,c   Walhof, Christel M ^a,b  

^a Sophia Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c HOSPITAL DE WEEZENLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Croup; Inhaled corticosteroids; Metered dose inhaler; Randomized controlled trial; Spacer

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROUP; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANDROSTADIENES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROUP; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031937472     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199802)25:2<114::AID-PPUL7>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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