Do steroids prevent reintubation in children with laryngotracheobronchitis?

Critical Care

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 314-318

  Rajah, J ^a   Riera Fanego, J ^a   Keeton, J ^a   Ramjee, A ^a   Bhana, R ^a   Lasersohn, L ^a   Hon, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Croup; Laryngotracheobronchitis; Reintubation; Risk factors; Steroids

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AFRICA; AGE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INTUBATION; LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033802844     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc714     Document Type: Article

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