The Cochrane Library and safety of systemic corticosteroids for acute respiratory conditions in children: An overview of reviews

Evidence-Based Child Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 733-747

  Fernandes, Ricardo M ^a,b   Oleszczuk, Marta ^c   Woods, Charles R ^d   Rowe, Brian H ^e   Cates, Christopher J ^f   Hartling, Lisa ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Acute respiratory infections; Adverse effects; Corticosteroids; Overview of reviews; Paediatrics

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CROUP; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERTENSION; IRRITABILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; NERVOUSNESS; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAPSE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACUTE DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; HOSPITALIZATION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CROUP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ODDS RATIO; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 84927509919     PISSN: 20404050     EISSN: 15576272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ebch.1980     Document Type: Review

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