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Trial reportBritish journal of clinical pharmacology2007

Age dependent systemic exposure to inhaled salbutamol.

Klaus Bønnelykke, Jakob Jessing Jespersen, Hans Bisgaard

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Trial report in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. In Vitro Determination of RespimatJournal of aerosol medicine and pulmonary drug delivery · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Klaus BønnelykkeDanish Pediatric Asthma Center; Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark. kb@copsac.dk
Jakob Jessing Jespersen
Hans Bisgaard

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsTo determine the effect of age on systemic exposure to inhaled salbutamol in children.

methodsFifty-eight asthmatic children, aged 3-16 years, inhaled 400 microg of salbutamol from a pressurized metered dose inhaler with spacer. The 20 min serum profile was analyzed.

resultsPrescribing a dose on a microg kg(-1) basis caused reduced systemic exposure in young children (Y) compared with older children (O) (C(max-microg kg(-1)-adjusted) Y : O ratio (95%CI) = 0.55 (0.47, 0.65)) whereas a fixed nominal dose irrespective of age caused increased exposure in young children (C(max) Y : O ratio (95%CI) = 1.7 (1.3, 2.2)).

conclusionsFor similar systemic exposure, dosing should be adjusted to age or size but not on a fixed microg kg(-1) basis, which may lead to unnecessary suboptimal dosing.

Indexed as

Administration, InhalationAdolescentAge FactorsAlbuterolAsthmaBronchodilator AgentsChildChild, PreschoolDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleHumansLungMaleAlbuterolBronchodilator Agents

Identifiers

PMID17335545
PMCPMC2000621

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