Asthma

Effect of Nebulized Ipratropium on the Hospitalization Rates of children with Asthme (NEJM 1998. Abstract).

Ipratropium Bromide added to Asthma treatment in the Pediatric Emergency Department. (Pediatrics 1999. Abstract)

Undiluted Albuterol Aerosols in the Pediatric Emergency Department. (Pediatrics 2000. Full)

Extracts from "Clinical Evidence" - Acute asthma (BMJ 2001. Full)

Magnesium sulfate for treating exacerbations of acute asthma in the emergency department

(Cochrane Review,1999, Abstract).

  Evidence-based PEM

The Role of Anticholinergics in Acute Asthma Treatment - An Evidence-Based Evaluation  (Chest,2002, Abstract).

Treating Exacerbations of Asthma in Children: The Role of Systemic Corticosteroids

(Pediatrics, 2003, abstract)

Holding chambers versus nebulisers for beta-agonist treatment of acute asthma

(Cochrane Review, 2003, abstract)

Early use of inhaled corticosteroids in the emergency department treatment of acute asthma

(Cochrane Review, 2003, abstract)

Beta2-agonists for acute bronchitis

(Cochrane Review, 2004, abstract)

Nebulizers versus inhalers with spacers for acute asthma in pediatrics

(Ann Emerg Med, Cochrane Review, 2004, abstract)

Intravenous and nebulised magnesium sulphate for acute asthma: systematic review and meta-analysis

(Emerg Med J, 2007, full article)