Hypokalaemia in children with asthma treated with nebulised salbutamol
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Stan J. F. Hartman; Peter J. F. M. Merkus; Lian Roovers; Machiel Maseland; Petra van Setten
- Source
- Archives of Disease in Childhood, 100, 10, pp. 970-972
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 100, 970-972
- Subject
- Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Hypokalemia
Medicine
Humans
Albuterol
Child
Asthma
Retrospective Studies
Asthma therapy
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Nebulizers and Vaporizers
Infant
Retrospective cohort study
medicine.disease
respiratory tract diseases
Bronchodilator Agents
Clinical trial
lnfectious Diseases and Global Health Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 4]
Child, Preschool
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Salbutamol
Female
medicine.symptom
business
medicine.drug
- Language
- ISSN
- 0003-9888
Nebulised salbutamol, widely used as rescue asthma therapy, is associated with hypokalaemia. In children, only a few case reports and clinical trials showed an incidence of hypokalaemia ([K+] of