title: The importance of inhalation of beta 2 sympathomimetic drugs in the home care treatment of asthma in children.
abstract: In order to improve the care of asthma attacks in children and to reduce hospitalization, 50 patients and their parents were taught a home program using beta 2 sympathomimetic drugs administered by aerosol inhaler. The parents obtained recordings of respiratory rate and pulmonary flow meter. A control group of 50 patients received only slow-release theophylline. Inhalation therapy improved the respiration recorded by reduced respiratory rate and pulmonary flow meter while visits to the emergency department and hospital admissions were reduced by 60%. Absence from school was also reduced by 60%. Benefits to the patient and to cost containment have been achieved by home care treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Edith Wolfson Hospital, Holon, Israel.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Brook
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation / Q000451:nursing; D000293:Adolescent; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D004630:Emergencies; D006701:Home Nursing; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists