The effect of a single dose of acetaminophen on airways response in children with asthma

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-48

  Soferman, Ruth ^a   Tsivion, Assaf ^a   Farber, Mira ^a   Sivan, Yakov ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

asthma; FeNO; paracetamol; spirometry

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROCODEINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; PARAMOL KAT; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PILOT PROJECTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84871602498     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922812462764     Document Type: Article

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