Conditions: Acute Bronchial Obstruction, Asthma
Keywords: Asthma, Formoterol, Bronchial Obstruction, Children
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 60
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
To determine efficacy and tolerability of inhaled Formoterol vs nebulized Ipatropioum Bromide plus Fenoterol in cumulative sequential doses in asthmatic children (5-\<12 years) with acute bronchial obstruction attending emergency services

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Formoterol (Foradil®) 12 micrograms administered through Aerolizer®. arm 2: Fenoterol 0.5 mg + Ipratropium Bromide (Berodual®) 0.25 mg 20 drops in 3 mL of saline solution nebulized.

Interventions: intervention 1: Formoterol fumerate intervention 2: fenoterol/ipratropium bromide
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 12 micrograms stat (twice if necessary). Inhaled via aerolizer intervention 2: 0.5 micrograms/0.25 milligrams (20 drops) inhaled via nebulization diluted in 3cc of 0.9% saline.

Protocol document: