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SOME MASKS USED IN CHILDREN'S ASTHMA TREATMENT NOT EFFECTIVE, RESEARCH SHOWS
February 6, 2006
Some face masks commonly used to help young children inhale asthma medicine
are not effective, according to a new study by researchers from Wake Forest
University School of Medicine. The results are reported in the current issue
of Respiratory Care.
"With some masks, the amount of medicine available to the youngest children
is severely decreased because of mask size, stiffness, and poor fit on the face,"
said Bruce Rubin, M.D., a professor of pediatrics. Rubin is a pediatric pulmonary
specialist, a professor of biomedical engineering in the Wake Forest-Virginia
Tech Biomedical Engineering & Sciences, and an aerosol scientist.
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