Bronchodilator response in wheezing infants assessed by the raised volume rapid thoracic compression technique

Abstract

34% WG showed BDR measured by the RVRTC. The best variables to detect BDR were FEF, FEF and FEV. Patients with worse lung function showed better response to BD.

Wheezing in children

“…If the baby has a moderate or severe type of wheezing, then the patient should be referred to a hospital for further management. Physicians should be aware that wheezy children do not display optimal responses to a bronchodilator, and the currently available evidence is too weak to suggest the use of bronchodilators as a routine treatment in the way they are used in asthmatic patients [[60], [61], [62], [63]].…”