Betamethasone valerate compared with sodium cromoglycate in asthmatic children.
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Betamethasone valerate compared with sodium cromoglycate in asthmatic children.
A double-blind, cross-over study was undertaken to compare inhalation of betamethasone valerate (BV, 800 microgram daily) with sodium cromoglycate (SCG, 80 mg daily) in twenty children requiring bronchodilators for perennial asthma. Each treatment period lasted 4 weeks but statistical comparisons were made only in respect of the last 14 days of each therapy. When the children were using BV they...
متن کاملNebulized sodium cromoglycate in young asthmatic children. Double-blind trial.
Seventeen asthmatic children under 5 years of age took part in a double-blind controlled trial of nebulized sodium cromoglycate solution. Daily symptom scores kept by the parents showed improvement in 11 children during active treatment, and a significant improvement in scores for cough by day and night was obtained for the group as a whole.
متن کاملEffect of placebo substitution during long-term betamethasone valerate aerosol treatment in asthmatic children.
Ten children with severe asthma, who had been well controlled on maintenance betamethasone valerate aerosol for an average of 11 months, were given placebo aerosols without their knowledge. The period of placebo substitution was campared with one 28-day period of betamethasone valerate therapy beforehand, and two 28-day periods afterwards. Symptoms were increased during the placebo period, and ...
متن کاملNebulised cromoglycate, theophylline, and placebo in preschool asthmatic children.
Sixteen children aged under 5 years with chronic asthma completed a double-blind crossover trial of treatment with oral choline theophyllinate (6.7 mg/kg four times daily) and nebulised sodium cromoglycate (20 mg four times daily). The trial comprised three 8-week treatment periods during which active sodium cromoglycate, active choline theophyllinate, and placebo were given in random order. Sy...
متن کاملEffects of Sodium Cromoglycate on Iranian Asthmatic Subjects Without Exposure to any Bronchoconstrictor agent
Cromolyn sodium, a mast cell stabilizing agent, provides an immediate protective effect against the exercise-induced bronchoconstriction while being used before the exercise. However, cromolyn is ineffective in reversing asthmatic bronchospasm; it is used as a maintenance therapy and has a prophylactic role in chronic asthma. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of change...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.53.620.315