Nebulized and oral thiol derivatives for pulmonary disease in cystic fibrosis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Nash, Edward F ^a   Stephenson, Anne ^b   Ratjen, Felix ^c   Tullis, Elizabeth ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcysteine *administration dosage ; Administration, inhalation; Administration, oral; Ambroxol *administration dosage ; Carbocysteine *administration dosage ; Cystic fibrosis complications; *drug therapy ; Expectorants *administration dosage ; Humans; Lung diseases drug therapy ; Mucociliary clearance drug effects ; Randomized controlled trials as topic

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMBROXOL; CARBOCISTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; MESNA; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; NEBULIZER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; REVIEW; SPUTUM VISCOSITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 67650764457     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007168.pub2     Document Type: Review

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