A single versus multiple doses of dexamethasone in infants wheezing for the first time

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 844-850

  Schuh, Suzanne ^a,b   Coates, Allan L ^a,b   Dick, Paul ^a,b   Stephens, Derek ^b   Lalani, Amina ^a   Nicota, Erika ^a   Mokanski, Matthew ^a   Khaikin, Svetlana ^a   Allen, Upton ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Emergency department; Oral corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHODILATATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISEASE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; WHEEZING;

BRONCHIOLITIS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50849131276     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20845     Document Type: Article

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