Dexamethasone in bronchiolitis: A randomised controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9023, 1996, Pages 292-295

  Roosevelt, Genie ^c   Sheehan, Karen ^a   Grupp Phelan, Jacqueline ^a   Tanz, Robert R ^b   Listernick, Robert ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Gen Acad and Emergency Pediatrics   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEPHONE; TIME; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030567825     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)02285-4     Document Type: Article

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