Indian Pediatrics - Editorial Home Past Issue About IP About IAP Feedback Links Author Info. The patients were monitored by a symptom diary, weekly PEFR, and PEFR variability by the parental record of PEFR measurements at home with Mini Wright s Peakflow meter in accordance with the Consensus guidelines. THE last decade has seen introduction of a large number of inhalation devices for drug delivery to the lower respiratory tract in patients with respiratory disease. Several solutions have been offered to overcome this problem including breathing through a large volume spacer, breath actuated devices, accuhalers or turbohalers and the use of nebulizers.
Nebulizers are far more expensive and bulky.
The device which is available now has the advantage of being small and portable. It is transparent so the patient can actually observe the inhalation drug disappearing and does not require any co-ordination between breathing and actuation. We report the results of a randomized controlled trial comparing efficacy and safety of this dry powder inhaler with conventional metered dose inhaler with spacer in treatment of children with asthma. Transparent rotahaler and its parts. It has a mouth piece, a space for the drug rotacap insertion and a fin which when rotated leads to opening of the rotacap.