Effectiveness of high repeated doses of inhaled budesonide or fluticasone in controlling acute asthma exacerbations in young children

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 561-567

  Volovitz, Benjamin ^a,b   Bilavsky, Efraim ^a   Nussinovitch, Moshe ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Children; Inhaled corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE; TERBUTALINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANDROSTADIENES; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; BUDESONIDE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INHALATION SPACERS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERBUTALINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51349161849     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900802005251     Document Type: Article

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