[Ion generators and bronchial asthma. A double-blind placebo controlled study].

Autor: Larsen KR; Medicinsk/lungemedicinsk afdeling Y, Amtssygehuset i Gentofte., Olsen OT, Jarnvig IL, Svendsen UG
Jazyk: dánština
Zdroj: Ugeskrift for laeger [Ugeskr Laeger] 1994 Oct 10; Vol. 156 (41), pp. 6025-7.
Abstrakt: In this double blind, placebo-controlled study we examined the value of using a device for ionizing the air in the immediate environment as a therapy for asthma bronchiale. Nineteen adult patients with stable, reversible asthma were randomised to blind treatment with either an active device or an inactive placebo-device. After four weeks treatment the patients were given the alternative device for another period of four weeks. We measured daily peak-flow, symptomscore, use of medicine and spirometry and found no differences between the two periods. Therapy with ionization of the environmental air in patients with bronchial asthma should not be recommended.
Databáze: MEDLINE