Is nebulized saline a placebo in COPD?

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Khan, Shahina Y ^a   O'Driscoll, B Ronan ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPECTORANT AGENT; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLEARANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MUCUS SECRETION; NEBULIZATION; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 13144304348     PISSN: 14712466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-4-9     Document Type: Article

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