Nebulized budesonide is as effective as nebulized adrenaline in moderately severe croup

Pediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 722-725

  Fitzgerald, Dominic ^a,d   Mellis, Craig ^a   Johnson, Mark ^b   Allen, Hugh ^c   Cooper, Peter ^b   Van Asperen, Peter ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

adrenaline; budesonide; croup

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUDESONIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROUP; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEBULIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; AEROSOLS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRONCHIAL SPASM; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; BUDESONIDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROUP; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; OXYGEN; PREGNENEDIONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029918316     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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