Salmeterol administration by metered-dose inhaler alone vs metered-dose inhaler plus valved holding chamber

Chest

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1314-1318

  Demirkan, Kutay ^a   Tolley, Elizabeth ^a   Mastin, Terrye ^a   Soberman, Judith ^a   Burbeck, Joy ^a   Self, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Metered dose inhaler; Salmeterol; Spacer device

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SALMETEROL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0034033625     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.5.1314     Document Type: Article

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