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Continuous versus intermittent albuterol nebulization in the treatment of acute asthma

✍ Scribed by Robert Y Lin; Diane Sauter; Thomas Newman; James Sirleaf; John Walters; Mohammad Tavakol

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Weight: 617 KB
Volume: 22
Category: Article
ISSN: 1097-6760
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(05)80412-3

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✦ Synopsis

Study objectives: To compare bronchodilation, chronotropic effects, and side effects of the same dose of nebulized albuterol when given by either intermittent or continuous administration.

Design: A randomized assignment of patients to one of the two methods of albuterol nebulization.

Setting: Adult emergency department in an urban public hospital.

Type o[ participants: Adult patients with acute exacerbations of asthma.

Interventions: Administration of 30 mg albuterol given over 110 minutes by either continuous or intermittent aerosolization.

Measurements: FEV 1, forced vital capacity, heart rate, and systolic and diastolic blood pressures were measured immediately before treatment and then hourly for two hours. Side effects, symptoms, subsequent admission, and discharge also were noted.

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