Parent-initiated oral corticosteroid therapy for intermittent wheezing illnesses in children

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Vuillermin, Peter ^a   South, Mike ^b   Robertson, Colin ^b  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISOLONE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; PARENTS; PREDNISOLONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 33750094903     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005311.pub2     Document Type: Review

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