Effectiveness and safety of inhaled corticosteroids in controlling acute asthma attacks in children who were treated in the emergency department: A controlled comparative study with oral prednisolone

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 102, Issue 4 II, 1998, Pages 605-609

  Volovitz, Benjamin ^a,b   Bentur, Lea ^c   Finkelstein, Yaron ^a,b   Mansour, Yasser ^c   Shalitin, Shlomit ^a,b   Nussinovitch, Moshe ^a,b   Varsano, Itzhak ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute asthmatic attack; Asthma; Budesonide turbohaler; Children; Corticosteroids; Efficacy; Safety

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISOLONE; TERBUTALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0031769258     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(98)70276-3     Document Type: Article

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