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Volume 128, Issue 4, Supplement, October 2005, Page 244S
Poster PresentationsCLINICAL EFFICACY OF AEROSOLIZED FLUTICASONE THERAPY IN THE EARLY MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE MODERATE EXACERBATIONS OF ASTHMA BY PMDI AND ZERO STAT ‘V’ SPACER
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Abstract
PURPOSE: To assess the utility of inhaled corticosteroids for the early management of acute exacerbations of asthma in the emergency room.
METHODS: This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of high dose inhaled fluticasone with frequent beta-2-agonist therapy in patients of acute moderate exacerbations of asthma. Eighty patients between 15 and 45 years of age with acute moderate exacerbations of asthma were put on aerosolized 500 μg of
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