Role of steroids on the clinical course and outcome of meconium aspiration syndrome - A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 331-337

  Basu, Sriparna ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a   Bhatia, B D ^a   Satya, K ^a   Singh, T B ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Budesonide; Meconium aspiration syndrome; Methylprednisolone; Neonate; Steroids

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THRUSH; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BUDESONIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 36248940256     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm035     Document Type: Article

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