Comparison of breath-actuated and conventional constant-flow jet nebulizers in treating acute asthmatic children

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 73-76

  Lin, Yung Zen ^a   Huang, Fu Yuan ^b  

^a Taipei Municipal Chung Hsiao Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Breath actuated nebulizer; Children; Constant flow nebulizer

Indexed keywords

TERBUTALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATH ACTUATED JET NEBULIZER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVENTIONAL CONSTANT FLOW JET NEBULIZER; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL NEBULIZER; NEBULIZATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PULSE RATE; SPIROMETRY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY VENTILATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142691011     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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