The effects of inhaled albuterol and salmeterol in 2- to 5-year-old asthmatic children as measured by impulse oscillometry

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 531-536

  Ortiz, Gabriel ^a   Menendez, Roger ^a  

^a Allergy and Asthma Research Center of El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

Albuterol; Childhood asthma; Impulse oscillometry; Respiratory impedance; Respiratory reactance; Respiratory resistance; Salmeterol

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL;

AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; OSCILLOMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0036383208     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-120004923     Document Type: Article

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