Journal article
Magnesium nebulization utilization in management of pediatric asthma (MagNUM PA) trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Abstract
BackgroundUp to 30 % of children with acute asthma are refractory to initial therapy, and 84 % of this subpopulation needs hospitalization. Finding safe, noninvasive, and effective strategies to treat this high-risk group would substantially decrease hospitalizations, healthcare costs, and the psycho-social burden of the disease.Whereas intravenous magnesium (Mg) is effective in severe refractory asthma, its use is sporadic due to safety …
Authors
Schuh S; Sweeney J; Freedman SB; Coates AL; Johnson DW; Thompson G; Gravel J; Ducharme FM; Zemek R; Plint AC
Journal
Trials, Vol. 17, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2016
DOI
10.1186/s13063-015-1151-x
ISSN
1468-6708