Home Nebulisers and Spacers
Keywords:
Asthma, Child, Physicians, Family, Nebulisers and Vaporisers, Bronchodilator Agents.
Abstract
It is of concern that home nebulisers are freely prescribed by doctors for asthmatic children. It is common for patients in recent years to request a prescription for a nebuliser for their asthmatic child and it takes a firm doctor to refuse to comply with this request. Whilst there is no doubt that nebulised bronchodilators are useful for acute, severe and brittle asthma in a hospital environment, the concern is mainly about the increasing use of nebulisers for regular domiciliary therapy.' In this context, particularly, concern should be about regular nebulised bronchodilators rather than prophylactic drugs.
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