At what age do bronchodilator drugs work?
Using a modification of the forced oscillation technique we have measured respiratory resistance before and after nebulised salbutamol therapy in 32 wheezing children aged 7 months to 3 years 7 monts. 12 of the children were also studied in a total body plethysmograph. No child under 18 months of aged showed a greater than 5% fall in resistance or any fall in thoracic gas volume. In contrast, 18 of 20 children over 20 months of age showed a fall in resistance greater than 20%.
D000367:Age Factors; D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D000420:Albuterol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010993:Plethysmography, Whole Body
D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D000420:Albuterol