PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J B Pool
AU  - A Greenough
AU  - J G Gleeson
AU  - J F Price
TI  - Inhaled bronchodilator treatment via the nebuhaler in young asthmatic patients.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.63.3.288
DP  - 1988 Mar 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 288--291
VI  - 63
IP  - 3
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/63/3/288.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/63/3/288.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1988 Mar 01; 63
AB  - Changes in functional residual capacity and peak flow rate were measured to assess bronchodilator response to terbutaline inhaled via a nebuhaler. In 10 children with asthma, aged 5-7 years, five breaths sufficient to operate the nebuhaler valve resulted in clinically important improvement in both the functional residual capacity and the peak flow rate. In 18 of 22 children, aged 2-5 years, who were too young to have their peak flow rate measured reliably, terbutaline administered via this modified nebuhaler technique was also associated with a clinically important change in functional residual capacity. The results suggest that effective bronchodilation using a nebuhaler can be achieved even in very young children.