Delacourt C, de Blic J, Le Bourgeois M, Scheinmann P, Paupe J
Département de pédiatrie, hôpital des Enfants-Malades, Paris, France.
Pediatrie. 1989;44(7):545-50.
Inhaled medication is a well-known treatment for asthma in childhood, because it is rapidly effective, in low doses, and without resultant side effects. The usual methods of aerosol formation are nebulization, metered-dose inhaler and spacers. We have reviewed the standard devices available and their use with sympathomimetic agents and synthetic atropines.