Parental Perceptions About The Use Of Metered Dose Inhaler Vs Nebulizer In Children With Acute Asthma Exacerbation

Purpose:Metered-dose inhalers (MDI) with a spacer are as good as, or better than, nebulizers for the management of children with asthma exacerbation. Numerous randomized controlled trials that compared outcomes such as hospital admission rates, asthma severity scores, and pulmonary function scores has shown this. Despite these many parents of asthmatic patients still prefer to use nebulizers. The fact is that the MDI is portable, easier to use, have fewer side effects, …