Is dexamethasone as effective as prednisone or prednisolone in the management of pediatric asthma exacerbations?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-82

  Schwarz, Evan S ^a   Cohn, Brian G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOTE; RELAPSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DEXAMETHASONE; HUMANS; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84919398078     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.05.023     Document Type: Editorial

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