Severe neonatal pertussis treated by salbutamol.
Two neonates with severe culture proven pertussis were successfully treated with salbutamol 0.5 mg three times daily. There was a demonstrable decrease in the total number of coughing spasms, their mean duration and severity. In one baby this was shown by the transcutaneous oxygen tension measurements.
D000420:Albuterol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis; D010313:Partial Pressure; D013997:Time Factors; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism
D000420:Albuterol; D010100:Oxygen