Paediatric asthma drug therapy

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: F. De Baets (Ghent, Belgium), N. Boluyt (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Observational study of salmeterol/fluticasone combination on quality of life in children S. Clayton, W. Carroll, P. Boit, W. Lenney (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom)
Response of children with bronchial asthma to combined therapy with an oral immunostimulating drug and antileukotrienes V. Aivazis, E. Maratou, E. Bourli, D. Aivazi, E. Fountzila (Thessaloniki, Greece)
HFA beclomethasone dipropionate (HFA-BDP) extrafine aerosol and formoterol in optimizing the management of bronchial asthma at children N. A. Geppe, N. G. Kolosova, M. N. Snegotskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Once daily nebulized beclomethasone in asthmatic children G. Nicolini, S. La Grutta, C. Capristo, M. Miraglia Del Giudice, S. Bellodi (Parma, Palermo, Naples, Genoa, Italy)
Effects of long term used inhaled corticosteroids on growth and bone mineral density in asthmatic children Y. Kayas, F. Gurkan, A. Ece, K. Haspolat, L. Kayas (Diyarbakir, Turkey)
Efficacy of fluticasone propionate in infants younger than two years with asthma M. M. Micic-Stanojevic, S. V. Smiljanic, Z. M. Zivkovic, S. D. Radic (Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro)
Fluticasone/salmeterol combination (FP/S) for immediate post-exacerbation treatment of childhood asthma D. Richter, L. Zimic (Zagreb, Croatia)
Beneficial effects of aerobic training + montelukast in children with mild intermittent asthma S. La Grutta, F. Cibella, G. Morici, G. Cuttitta, M. Virzi‘, M. Marchese, A. Interrante, M. Veca, C. Francavilla, W. Guccione, A. Bonanno, M. Profita, F. Pardo, V. Bellia, M. R. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy)
The novel budesonide HFA pMDI is clinically comparable to the conventional budesonide CFC pMDI in paediatric patients with asthma A. Escribano, A. Tutuncu, I. Lohr, M. Carlholm, T. Polanowski (Valencia, Spain; Muttenz, Switzerland; Lund, Sweden)
Comparison of a new HFA 134a-formulated budesonide pMDI with a standard CFC-formulated budesonide pMDI in children with persistent asthma G. Lefrancois, E. Rigamonti, J. Hofman, I. Kottakis (Parma, Italy; Bialystok, Poland)
Are non-valved spacers useful for long-term treatment with inhaled steroids in asthmatic young children? C. D. Kofman, A. M. Teper, A. R. Villafañe, L. Alva Grimaldi, S. M. Vidaurreta, A. F. Maffey (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Natural PPAR-gamma agonists in treatment of asthma in childhood T. V. Zaharov, S. P. Kamenov, B. A. Kamenov (Dimitrovgrad, Nis, Serbia And Montenegro)
Consumption of asthma medication later in childhood after being an infant during an RS-virus epidemic: an ecological survey T. Dunder, H. Juntti, M. Renko, J. Kokkonen, M. Waris, M. Uhari (Oulu, Turku, Finland)
In vitro comparison of output and particle size distribution of budesonide from metered-dose inhaler with three spacer devices during pediatric tidal breathing W. E. Kamin, H. Ehlich, G. Brambilla (Mainz, Gemünden, Germany; Parma, Italy)
Efficacy and safety of fluticasone propionate/salmeterol DISKUS and fluticasone propionate DISKUS and HFA in children C. Scott, W. Wu, A. Ellsworth, C. Crim (Research Triangle Park, United States Of America)
Low risk of adrenal dysfunction in children with severe asthma treated with high-dose inhaled glucocorticoids A. Breborowicz, M. Niedziela (Poznan, Poland)
Short term growth and hypopituitary-adrenal axis function in asthmatic children treated with inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate HFA with a spacer O. D. Wolthers (Randers, Denmark)
Budesonide/formoterol for maintenance and as needed — a new approach to asthma management in children H. Bisgaard, C. Hultquist (Copenhagen, Denmark; Lund, Sweden)
Over time effect of montelukast in asthmatic children with exercise-induced bronchoconstriction N. Forenza, M. Miraglia del Giudice, F. Decimo, S. Ceccarelli, A. Capristo, F. M. de Benedictis (Perugia, Naples, Ancona, Italy)
Adherence to beclomethasone in children with persistent asthma in a low-income country: a randomized concurrent cohort study P. Camargos, L. Lasmar, E. Goulart, E. Sakurai (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)