Systematic review of the toxicity of short-course oral corticosteroids in children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 365-370

  Aljebab, Fahad ^a   Choonara, Imti ^a   Conroy, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; EYE PAIN; FACE EDEMA; FACE ERYTHEMA; FLUSHING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; INCREASED APPETITE; INFECTION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROAT IRRITATION; URTICARIA; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 84956699865     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309522     Document Type: Article

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