Premedication with salbutamol prior to surgery does not decrease the risk of perioperative respiratory adverse events in school-aged children

Background: Perioperative respiratory adverse events (PRAE) remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the paediatric population. This double-blinded randomized control trial investigated whether inhaled salbutamol premedication decreased the occurrence of PRAE in children identified as...

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Main Authors: Ramgolam, A., Hall, Graham, Sommerfield, D., Slevin, L., Drake-Brockman, T., Zhang, G., von Ungern-Sternberg, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55011