Chamber assisted inhalant treatment (CAIR).
An inhalation therapy device which facilitates the use of hand-held inhaler delivered medications in infants and children has been employed on a trial basis with 17 severe asthmatic children. Using patients as their own control, the dependence on medications, office hospital and emergency room facilities before and after administration of therapy with CAIR chamber was compared. An approximate 50% improvement was noted in all parameters studied. Most notably, hospitalizations were decreased by 94% over a study period which represented 104 months of cumulative observation.
D000420:Albuterol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D001507:Beclomethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012138:Respiratory Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*
D001507:Beclomethasone; D000420:Albuterol; D011241:Prednisone