• The boy is making no effort to inspire (cheeks still full).• He will probably spray most of the
salbutamol onto his tongue and throat even if he does inhale.• He appears to have a slightly …

• The boy is making no effort to inspire (cheeks still full).• He will probably spray most of the
salbutamol onto his tongue and throat even if he does inhale.• He appears to have a slightly …

Jake, 22 months old, presents to your practice for review. Twenty-four hours earlier, he was
seen by a colleague and diagnosed with'viral-induced wheeze-? asthma'. The general …

To find out how many children with acute asthma responded to one or two doses of
nebulised salbutamol and whether this response could be predicted 100 children were …

Sir, In 1988 there were at least four new developments for administering bron-chodilators.
Each claims to have an advantage in ease of use or efficacy but lit-tle emphasis seems to …

Mouth tube or face mask?-Let the child choose Delivery of nebulised salbuta mol via a
conventional face mask was no more effective than via a wide-bore tube held in the mouth in …

When questioned the boy admitted that he continued inhaling salbutamol until he
experienced euphoria. This took at least 20 to 30" puffs" at a time. On two occasions he …

When children wheeze Would no one please provide their medicine blindly: for this might
ease their young demise and that would be unkindly. Excessive use of salbutamol inhalers …

SIR,-Dr Jenkinson makes some valuable points. We agree that undertreatment of children
with asthma is common. In this study, however, over half the children were regular outpatient …

The effects of nebulised salbutamol driven by compressed air or oxygen were compared in a
randomised crossover study during 27 attacks of acute asthma. Arterial oxygen saturation …