Single dose oral dexamethasone versus multi-dose prednisolone in the treatment of acute exacerbations of asthma in children who attend the emergency department: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cronin, John ^a   Kennedy, Una ^b   McCoy, Siobhan ^a   an Fhailí, Sinéad N ^a   Crispino O'Connell, Gloria ^a   Hayden, John ^a   Wakai, Abel ^c   Walsh, Sean ^a   O'Sullivan, Ronan ^a,d  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Corticosteroid; Emergency department; Pediatric; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEROID THERAPY; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84868706596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-141     Document Type: Article

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