Summary of ‘Intravenous aminophylline for acute severe asthma in children over two years receiving inhaled bronchodilators’

✍ Scribed by Jilleen Kosko

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 58 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1557-6272
• DOI: 10.1002/ebch.11

✦ Synopsis

Can the additional use of intravenous aminophylline improve symptoms of acute severe asthma in children already receiving inhaled bronchodilators, glucocorticoids and oxygen therapy?

To answer this question, scientists working with the Cochrane Airways Group analysed seven trials involving a total of 380 children (aged two to 17 years) with acute severe asthma requiring hospital admission. Children were given oxygen, inhaled bronchodilators, and glucocorticoids from the beginning in all studies.