Mnemonic Effects of Asthma Medication in Children
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Asthma
- Vol. 23 (6) , 291-296
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02770908609073175
Abstract
Asthmatic children receiving theophylline or steroid-theophylline combination therapy and normal nonasthmatics were given tests of visual retention and paired-associate learning. The performance of children receiving combination therapy was significantly worse than that of the nonasthmatics 6-8 hours after receiving steroid medication, but not 22-24 or 46-48 hours after medication. Children receiving theophylline alone did not differ from nonasthmatics on these tasks. These observations suggest that steroid-inclusive medication regiments can affect cognitive performance.Keywords
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