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Section Type: METHODS

Text: Fifty acute asthmatic children (5-12 years old) were randomly assigned (25 patients in each group) to receive either a nebulised single dose (US $ 1. 35) of two 12 microg Formoterol Fumarate capsules (Foradil 12 microg/cap, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland) diluted in 2. 5 ml of sterile saline solution ; or 3 doses of Albuterol (US $ 6. 73) every twenty minutes for one hour (Glaxo Smith Kline Albuterol ampoules, 2. 5 mg/2. 5 ml, at a dose of 0. 15 mg/kg/dose, maximum dose 2. 5 mg).