Does combined oral dexamethasone and epinephrine inhalation help infants with bronchiolitis to recover faster?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 606-608

  Van Dellen, Q M ^a   Kreier, F ^a   De Kruiff, C C ^a   Boluyt, N ^a   Fijnvandraat, K ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; NOTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TACHYPNEA; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; DRUG COMBINATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPINEPHRINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79956296126     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300067     Document Type: Note

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