Comparative efficiency of commercial and improvised spacer device in acute bronchial asthma

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 340-348

  Panicker, Jyoti ^a   Sethi, G R ^a   Sehgal, Vineet ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Beta 2 agonist; Spacer

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NEBULIZER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATUS ASTHMATICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035319285     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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