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Do wheezy infants recovering from bronchiolitis respond to inhaled salbutamol?
Author(s) -
Sly Peter D.,
Lanteri Celia J.,
Raven Joan M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.1950100108
Subject(s) - salbutamol , bronchiolitis , medicine , anesthesia , functional residual capacity , saline , inhalation , pediatrics , asthma , respiratory system , lung , lung volumes
Wheezy infants, less than 6 months of age, were given either inhaled salbutamol or saline in a double‐blind study. A significant change in maximal flow at functional residual capacity (Vmax FRC ) was defined as being greater than twice the coefficient of variation of the baseline measurements. There was no difference in the infants' response to saline or salbutamol. Wheezy infants, less than 6 months of age, do not have an increase in Vmax FRC following a single dose of inhaled salbutamol. Pediatr Pulmonol 1991; 10:36–39.