Comparison of the Clinical Efficacy of Salbutamol with Jet and Mesh Nebulizers in Asthmatic Children

Table 2

Clinical examinations before and after treatment for children < 2 years old.

<2 years	Jet type		Mesh type
	Before	After	Before	After
	17		20
Age, years	1.30 (0.35)		1.38 (0.40)
Inhalation time, s	364 (53.9)		236 (22.5)
Heart rate, beats/min	141 (21.4)	145 (18.3)	141 (22.6)	147 (18.4)
SaO2, %	97.7 (1.44)	97.9 (1.73)	97.6 (1.52)	98.0 (1.73)
Symptom score	1.27 (0.57)	0.38 (0.60)	1.47 (0.81)	0.38 (0.66)

Mean (SD), , paired -test, and independent -test.