2 year old asthmatics can learn to operate a tube spacer by copying their mothers.
The mothers of 20 asthmatic children aged between 1.9 and 2.9 years were taught to use a tube spacer; 15 (75%) succeeded in teaching their children to operate it. Eight children (40%) inhaled salbutamol correctly. Inability to tolerate salbutamol was as common as failure to use the spacer correctly.
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Department of Paediatrics, Edgware General Hospital.
D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000420:Albuterol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007858:Learning; D009035:Mothers; D009330:Nebulizers and Vaporizers; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D013663:Teaching
D000420:Albuterol