TABLE 1.
Drugs prescribed | Patients n (%) |
Aminophylline (injectable and/or oral) | 5 (5) |
Salbutamol or terbutaline (injectable and/or oral) | 53 (51) |
Inhaled salbutamol | 48 (47) |
Systemic steroids (injectable and/or oral) | 64 (62) |
Antibiotics | 58 (56) |
Becotide (inhaled beclometasone 250 µg per puff) | 5 (5) |
Aerocort (inhaled beclometasone 50 µg/salbutamol 50 µg per puff) | 6 (6) |