The efficacy of nebulized budesonide in dexamethasone-treated outpatients with croup

Pediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 463-466

  Klassen, Terry P ^a   Watters, Lise K ^a   Feldman, Mark E ^b   Sutcliffe, Teresa ^a   Rowe, Peter C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

budesonide; children; croup; dexamethasone; randomized, controlled trial

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROUP; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; BUDESONIDE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUSNESS; COUGH; CROUP; CYANOSIS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART RATE; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PREGNENEDIONES; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029870661     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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