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| Title |
Do bronchodilators have an effect on bronchiolitis?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Critical Care, March 2002
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| DOI | 10.1186/cc1466 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Margrid Schindler |
| Abstract |
Over the past 12 years there have been 12 randomised control trials, involving 843 infants, evaluating the effect of salbutamol or albuterol on bronchiolitis. Of these, nine (75%) showed that bronchodilators had no effect. In three studies a small transient improvement in the acute clinical score was seen. Ipratropium bromide had no significant effect. There have been five recent randomised trials involving 225 infants, evaluating the effect of nebulised adrenaline (epinephrine) on bronchiolitis. All five (100%) have shown significant clinical improvement, with reductions in oxygen requirement, respiratory rate and wheeze after nebulised adrenaline. Two showed lower hospital admission rates and earlier discharge with adrenaline. A significant improvement in pulmonary resistance was observed after nebulised adrenaline but not after salbutamol or albuterol. Currently there is no compelling evidence that bronchodilators have a role in the routine management of infants with bronchiolitis. There is better evidence for the use of nebulised adrenaline. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 40 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 10 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 17% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 11 | 27% |
| Unknown | 3 | 7% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 56% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 5% |
| Engineering | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 5 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 October 2015.
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#17,283,763
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#5,467
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#44,811
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#7
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