We have not found any previously reported cases of cutaneous vasoconstriction from nebulized epinephrine, despite the common use of this medication in the pediatric population. Besides hemodynamic ...

ABSTRACT: The use of nebulized racemic epinephrine to improve ventilatory function in the newborn postextubation was studied. Forty-five infants intubated for more than 3 days were randomized to ...

Study summary. This study tested the hypothesis that a helium-oxygen mixture as the delivery vehicle in nebulized treatments could improve airflow and thereby improve symptoms in patients with ...

The randomization was roughly equal, resulting in approximately 100 patients in each of the 4 factorial groups. The discontinuation rate was approximately equal among the groups, except in the group ...

This is the first in an occasional series on the origin of commonly used medicines. When epinephrine was first discovered at the turn of the 20th century, it was essentially a drug without a disease.

Epinephrine and norepinephrine are neurotransmitters. They deliver signals between nerve cells and hormones. They also feature in medications for cardiovascular problems. Epinephrine and ...

Albuterol is a selective β 2-agonist that is widelyused in the prevention and treatment of reactive airwaydisease. It is formulated as a racemic mixturecontaining equal parts of the R- and ...

The omicron surge has led to a previously unrecognized complication of COVID-19 in young children: croup. In the first peer-reviewed report to date, physicians at Boston Children’s Hospital describe ...