Treatment of asthma exacerbations with the human-powered nebuliser: a randomised parallel-group clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nebulisers aid the treatment of respiratory diseases, including asthma, but they require electricity and are often cost-prohibitive for low- and middle-income countries.

Aims

The aim of this study was to compare a low-cost, human-powered nebuliser compressor with an electric nebuliser compressor for the treatment of mild to moderate asthma exacerbations in adults and children.

Methods

This was a non-blinded, parallel-group, equivalence study, with 110 subjects between 6 and 65 years of age, conducted in the emergency department of a district hospital in Ilopango, El Salvador. Participants were assigned by random allocation to receive a 2.5-mg dose of salbutamol from the experimental human-powered nebuliser or the electric nebuliser control. All assigned par

SUBMITTER: Hallberg CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4373316 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature