title: Treatment of the asthmatic child.
abstract: At the end of 1983 the outpatient clinic at the National Children's Hospital in San José, Costa Rica, adopted a new program for treating children with asthmatic crises. Use of adrenaline was discontinued, and administration of salbutamol in aerosol and short courses of corticosteroids was introduced; also, a special outpatient room was set aside for treating pediatric asthma cases. Between 1984 and 1986 this program's marked superiority was demonstrated by many developments--including reduction of both initial hospitalizations and readmissions for pediatric asthma by nearly 70%.
authors.affiliation: National Children's Hospital, San José, Costa Rica.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mohs
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chavarría
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000420:Albuterol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000465:Algorithms; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D003364:Costa Rica; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000420:Albuterol