Nebulized budesonide and oral dexamethasone for treatment of croup: A randomized controlled trial

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 1629-1632

  Klassen, Terry P ^a,d   Craig, William R ^b   Moher, David ^a   Osmond, Martin H ^a   Pasterkamp, Hans ^b   Sutcliffe, Terry ^a   Watters, Lise K ^a   Rowe, Peter C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROUP; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEBULIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032572078     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.20.1629     Document Type: Article

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