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Management of Asthma
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AsthmaAverage Theophylline DosageAllergyClinical AllergyAllergy MedicineRespiratory DiseasesClinical EpidemiologyPediatricsPediatric Lung DiseaseLoading DosePulmonary MedicineAllergic RhinitisAllergy PreventionMedicineRegression Formula
In the article "Management of Asthma" by the Section on Allergy and Immunology of the American Academy of Pediatrics (Pediatrics 68:874-879, 1981) corrections should be made on p 876, fourth paragraph, as follows: Line 15, sentence should read: After the loading dose, a constant maintenance infusion of aminophylline of 0.85 mg/kg/hr for children 1 to 9 years old, 0.65 mg/kg/hr for children 9 to 16 years old, and 0.45 mg/kg/hr for adults usually will maintain serum concentrations of approximately 10 µg/ml. Line 23, sentence should read: Average theophylline dosage for infants less than 1 year old relates to age and can be estimated by a regression formula: dose (milligrams per kilogram per day) = 0.3 x age in weeks + 8.