PICO Search Strategy for Nebulized Ipratropium Bromide with Salbutamol in Pre-hospital Setting for Children with Acute Asthma Exacerbation

PICO Search Strategy worksheet
1. Write out your (clinical) question
Is nebulized ipratropium bromide with salbutamol is more effective than Nebulized salbutamol
in pre hospital setting for the patient ?
2. Define your question into concepts/parts using PICO
P: Population/Problem: Children with the age group of 16 years suffering from acute asthma
exacerbation
I: Intervention/Phenomenon of Interest: treatment with nebulizer ipratropium bromide with
salbutamol
C: Comparison: Nebulized salbutamol alone
O: Outcome : FEV1 increased, decreases functional residual capacity
3. List the main concepts/parts of the question in the first line.
P I O
Children with asthma Nebulized salbutamol Increase of FEV1 ( forced
expiratory volume 1)
Adults more than age group of
16 years

4. Select limits that may pertain to your search
You can often limit your database search with these
Age- 16 Languages- English Publication Year- 2013 – 2018
Databas
e
Truncation Symbol Wildcard Symbol
ProQuest Nebuliz* Nebulize?
Salbutam*l Salbut?mol
EBSCO
(MEDLINE, CINAHL &
PsycInfo)
Nebulizer* Salbut?mol
Ipratropium brom*de ipratropium Bromide?
Informit
(Health & Society, Health
Sciences)
Ipratropium brom*de
Asthma* Asthm?
Abstract of the paper: