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β(2)-agonists do not work in children under 2 years of age: myth or maxim?

Wheezy infants do not respond to bronchodilators despite evidence of functioning β-adrenoceptors. This is because the predominant aetiology, bronchiolitis, is characterised by small airway oedema and increased mucus, for which β(2)-agonists are ineffective. http://bit.ly/2Ws9ffh

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Autores principales: Yusuf, Fatima, Prayle, Andrew P., Yanney, Michael P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6885336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31803260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.0255-2019
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description Wheezy infants do not respond to bronchodilators despite evidence of functioning β-adrenoceptors. This is because the predominant aetiology, bronchiolitis, is characterised by small airway oedema and increased mucus, for which β(2)-agonists are ineffective. http://bit.ly/2Ws9ffh
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spelling pubmed-68853362019-12-04 β(2)-agonists do not work in children under 2 years of age: myth or maxim? Yusuf, Fatima Prayle, Andrew P. Yanney, Michael P. Breathe (Sheff) Editorials Wheezy infants do not respond to bronchodilators despite evidence of functioning β-adrenoceptors. This is because the predominant aetiology, bronchiolitis, is characterised by small airway oedema and increased mucus, for which β(2)-agonists are ineffective. http://bit.ly/2Ws9ffh European Respiratory Society 2019-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6885336/ /pubmed/31803260 http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.0255-2019 Text en Copyright ©ERS 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Breathe articles are open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licence 4.0.
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β(2)-agonists do not work in children under 2 years of age: myth or maxim?
title β(2)-agonists do not work in children under 2 years of age: myth or maxim?
title_full β(2)-agonists do not work in children under 2 years of age: myth or maxim?
title_fullStr β(2)-agonists do not work in children under 2 years of age: myth or maxim?
title_full_unstemmed β(2)-agonists do not work in children under 2 years of age: myth or maxim?
title_short β(2)-agonists do not work in children under 2 years of age: myth or maxim?
title_sort β(2)-agonists do not work in children under 2 years of age: myth or maxim?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6885336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31803260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.0255-2019
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