Nebulised sodium cromoglycate in the preschool wheezy child.
A double-blind controlled study of 14 preschool children with recurrent wheezing episodes was performed to show the effectiveness of nebulised sodium cromoglycate in inhibiting exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in this age group. All 14 children showed markedly less exercise-induced bronchoconstruction after nebulised sodium cromoglycate, 13 of them to a degree indistinguishable from results obtained in normal healthy children in the same age group. Nebulised water afforded protection from exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in some children. This study gives further evidence that sodium cromoglycate is an effective therapeutic agent in children under the age of 5 years.
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004205:Cromolyn Sodium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005082:Physical Exertion; D012008:Recurrence; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests
D004205:Cromolyn Sodium