Abstract
Our investigation supports the use of intravenous salbutamol as an alternative to aminophylline in the early stages of acute severe asthma. Salbutamol proved to be a marginally better bronchodilator and is likely to cause less gastrointestinal side effects than aminophylline, but tachycardia and generalized tremor are more frequent with this drug.
Publication types
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Clinical Trial
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Comparative Study
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Controlled Clinical Trial
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Randomized Controlled Trial
MeSH terms
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Albuterol / administration & dosage*
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Albuterol / adverse effects
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Aminophylline / administration & dosage*
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Asthma / drug therapy*
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Clinical Trials as Topic
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Headache / chemically induced
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Heart Rate / drug effects
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Humans
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Injections, Intravenous
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Peak Expiratory Flow Rate
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Pulse / drug effects
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Random Allocation
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Tremor / chemically induced