• DOI:10.1185/030079908X273020
Corpus ID: 40802284

Use of salmeterol with and without concurrent use of inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of asthma-related hospitalization among patients with asthma*

@article{Wang2008UseOS,
  title={Use of salmeterol with and without concurrent use of inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of asthma-related hospitalization among patients with asthma*},
  author={M. Wang and G. Skrepnek and E. Armstrong and D. Sherrill and R. Harris and Cheng-Liang Tsai and D. Malone},
  journal={Current Medical Research and Opinion},
  year={2008},
  volume={24},
  pages={859 - 867}
}

• M. Wang, G. Skrepnek, +4 authors D. Malone
• Published 2008
• Medicine
• Current Medical Research and Opinion

ABSTRACT Rationale: Studies evaluating the safety of salmeterol are inconclusive, which might be the result from not taking into account the impact of concomitant inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). Objective: To study whether salmeterol use with and without concomitant ICS, respectively, was associated with an increased risk of asthma-related hospitalizations among patients with asthma. Methods: A case-control study nested within a cohort of patients with asthma, identified in the year 2000, over a… Expand

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