Systemic and inhaled glucocorticosteroids in acute obstructive laryngotracheitis

Comparative bronchial vasoconstrictive efficacy of inhaled glucocorticosteroids.

The vasoconstrictive efficacies of glucocorticosteroids (GS) are usually compared by the McKenzie skin-blanching test and taken as an index of relative potency. The rationale for the present study was to transpose the McKenzie test to the airway and to compare the airway vascular effects of three inhaled GS: beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP), fluticasone propionate (FP) and budesonide (BUD), in...

Everyday Practice ACUTE LARYNGOTRACHEITIS

Acute Laryngotracheitis can be defined as subacute viral illness characterized by low grade fever, barking cough, inspiratory stridor and expiratory rhonchi. It is also known as infectious croup. Croup is an old Scottish word for sore throat with harsh breathing. It is seen in children between 3 month to 3 years of age (mean age 18 months)(l). Boys are more frequently affected. It occures more ...

COMPARISON OF THE ACUTE BRONCHO DILATING EFFECTS OF INHALED IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE AND SALBUTAMOL IN PATIENTS WI TH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISE ASE

Forty-five patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were studied to compare the acute effects of ipratropium bromide (60 µg), salbutamol (300 µg) and placebo (3 puffs) on the forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV 1) and forced vital capacity (PVC). Ipratropium bromide produced a significantly greater improvement than salbutamol in both FEV1 and FVC at 15,60 and 180 minutes afte...

Acute laryngotracheitis after accidental aspiration of clindamycin.

Long-, intermediate- and short-term growth studies in asthmatic children treated with inhaled glucocorticosteroids.

During recent years, new auxological techniques have been introduced for assessment of the risk of growth suppression in asthmatic children treated with exogeneous glucocorticosteroids. Assessment of lower leg growth rates with the knemometer has made short-term studies of growth processes under strictly controlled conditions possible. However, short-term lower leg growth rates cannot be used f...