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- Title
Home Nebulizers in Childhood Asthma.
- Authors
Ryan, C. Anthony; Willan, Andrew R.; Wherrett, Brian A.
- Abstract
Seventy five percent of 91 parents of asthmatic children (aged 6 months to 15.4 years) with home nebulizers, responded to a questionnaire that sought to document parental experience with this form of therapy. The most common indications for acquiring a nebulizer were inability to use metered dose inhalers and poor response or intolerance to oral medications. When the children were classified into those who used the nebulizer daily (27/69) and those who used it less than daily (42/69), we found that the daily users were more likely to be in the severest category of asthma, by parental assessment, prior to the home nebulization program (p = 0.0035). Retrospective, uncontrolled comparison before and after the acquisition of a home nebulizer showed significant decreases both in hospital admissions (1.7 vs 0.7; p < 0.001) and total in-patient days (4.1 vs 1.7; p < 0.0001). Home nebulizers are well tolerated by parents and children alike and may be associated with decreased morbidity.
- Subjects
ASTHMATICS; ASTHMA in children; PARENT-child relationships; AEROSOL therapy; RESPIRATORY therapy; ASTHMA treatment
- Publication
Clinical Pediatrics, 1988, Vol 27, Issue 9, p420
- ISSN
0009-9228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/000992288802700902