Abstract | AIM: METHODS: After educating and training the nurses and physicians, the use of MDIs with spacers was started on 1 November 2006 in the ER and acute wards of our hospital. All of the 1-to-5-year-old patients admitted for bronchial obstruction from 1 November 2004 to 28 February 2005 and from 1 November 2006 to 28 February 2007 were included in this retrospective hospital chart review. RESULTS: In 2004-2005, 78% of the children were treated with salbutamol administered by nebulizers, and in 2006-2007, 84% with salbutamol administered by MDIs with spacers. The hospitalization rate was about 50% in both groups, and no difference was seen in the length of the hospital stay. The children treated with the MDIs with spacers stayed in the ER for a longer time. CONCLUSION: The change from drug nebulizers to MDIs with spacers in the treatment of acute bronchial obstruction in 1-to-5-year-old children was successful after the staff was educated and trained.
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Authors | Minna Mecklin, Marita Paassilta, Heidi Kainulainen, Matti Korppi |
Journal | Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
(Acta Paediatr)
Vol. 100
Issue 9
Pg. 1226-9
(Sep 2011)
ISSN: 1651-2227 [Electronic] Norway |
PMID | 21401718
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | © 2011 The Author(s)/Acta Paediatrica © 2011 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. |
Chemical References |
- Bronchodilator Agents
- Albuterol
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Topics |
- Age Factors
- Albuterol
(administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
- Bronchitis
(drug therapy, pathology)
- Bronchodilator Agents
(administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
- Child, Preschool
- Confidence Intervals
- Emergency Treatment
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Inhalation Spacers
- Male
- Nebulizers and Vaporizers
- Respiratory Sounds
- Retrospective Studies
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