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Bronchial Thermoplasty: A Novel Therapeutic Approach to Severe Asthma
Published on: November 4, 2010
急性喘息の小児におけるブロンコディラータ療法のための家庭製のスペーサー:ランダム化試験
1Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, South Africa. heather@rmh.uct.ac.za
Lancet (London, England)
|September 29, 1999
まとめ
自家製のボトル間隔器は,カップとは異なり,小児の急性喘息に対して,ブロンコディラータを効果的に投与します. 密封されたプラスチックのボトルは,従来のスペーサーと同様の性能で,リソースが限られた環境で実行可能な代替案を提供します.
科学分野:
- 小児肺病学について
- 呼吸器医学とは
- グローバル・ヘルス グローバル・ヘルス
背景:
- 隔離器を備えた計量用量吸入器 (MDI) は,急性喘息の治療に最適です.
- 開発途上国では,商業用スペースカーがアクセスできないか,手頃な値段で買えないことが多い.
研究 の 目的:
- 急性喘息の小児におけるMDIブロンコディレータ投与のための従来のスペーサーと比較して,自家製のスペーサー (プラスチックボトル,ポリチレンカップ) の有効性を評価する.
主な方法:
- 軽度または中度から重度の急性喘息の5歳から13歳の子どもは,MDIとランダムに割り当てられたスペーサーを介してフェノテロールを投与されました.
- アウトカムには,臨床スコア,肺機能 (PEF,FEV1) およびネブライゼーションの必要性が含まれていました.
主要な成果:
- 中等から重度の阻害の場合,密封されたボトルスペーサーは,従来のスペーサーと比較できる程のブロンコディラテーションをもたらしました.
- ポリスチレンカップは最も効果が低く,より頻繁なネブライゼーションが必要でした.
- 軽度の阻害では,すべてのスペーサーが同様の有効性を示しました.
結論:
- 密閉された500mLのプラスチックボトルは,中等から重度の急性喘息の小児のMDI使用のための従来のスペーサーの効果的な代替品です.
- 開発途上国の喘息管理ガイドラインでは,ボトル間隔器を考慮する必要があります.
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