Abstract | QUESTION: In my office, I frequently encounter children with wheezing. When I prescribe inhaled bronchodilators for preschool children, what is the recommended method of delivery--a nebulizer or a spacer? ANSWER: The pressurized metered-dose inhaler with a spacer is an effective method of delivering inhaled drugs to young children. Children younger than 5 years of age will require the additional use of a face mask. It is best to give aerosolized medications when a child is awake. Efforts to optimize the child's cooperation with medication administration by using a spacer with an appropriate mouthpiece or face mask will also improve drug delivery.
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Authors | Christine Smith, Ran D Goldman |
Journal | Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien
(Can Fam Physician)
Vol. 58
Issue 5
Pg. 528-30
(May 2012)
ISSN: 1715-5258 [Electronic] Canada |
PMID | 22734168
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Administration, Inhalation
- Asthma
(drug therapy, physiopathology)
- Bronchodilator Agents
(administration & dosage)
- Child, Preschool
- Equipment Design
- Humans
- Metered Dose Inhalers
- Nebulizers and Vaporizers
- Respiratory Sounds
(drug effects)
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