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The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of age on lung deposition of radiolabelled budesonide, delivered as a dry powder via Turbuhaler to asthmatic children. A group of 23 asthmatic children, aged 6 to 16 years, with relatively stable asthma inhaled 99mTc-labelled budesonide from a dry powder inhaler (Turbuhaler). Body and lung deposition was assessed using a gamma camera. The mean (range) median peak inspiratory flow during inhalation was 65 l · min−1 (45 to 76 l · min−1). Mean (range) total lung deposition of 99mTc-labelled budesonide, expressed as a percentage of the metered dose, was 29.1% (15.6–47.2%) and was positively and significantly correlated with age, height and peak inspiratory flow.
Conclusion Total lung deposition of radiolabelled budesonide from a dry powder inhaler (Turbuhaler), is age dependent in children with moderate asthma. However, lung deposition is still satisfactory, even in younger children with lower peak inspiratory flows.
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Received: 19 December 1997 / Accepted in revised form: 22 June 1998
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Wildhaber, J., Devadason, S., Wilson, J. et al. Lung deposition of budesonide from Turbuhaler in asthmatic children. Eur J Pediatr 157, 1017–1022 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004310050990
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004310050990