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Effectiveness of oral or nebulized dexamethasone for children with mild croup.
OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of oral dexamethasone or nebulized dexamethasone sodium phosphate in children with mild croup. METHODS Double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 264 children between 6 months and 6 years of age with symptoms of croup for fewer than 48 hours. Patients were excluded if they received racemic epinephrine or corticosteroid treatment. Other exclusion criteria includ...
متن کاملDexamethasone reduced the incidence of children with mild croup who returned for medical care.
Bjornson CL, Klassen TP, Williamson J, et al; for the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada Network. A randomized trial of a single dose of oral dexamethasone for mild croup. N Engl J Med 2004;351:1306–13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
متن کاملA Randomized Trial of a Single Dose of Oral Dexamethasone for Mild Croup
From the Department of Pediatrics (C.L.B., J.W., D.W.J.), the Department of Community Health Sciences (R.B.), and the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (D.W.J.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; the Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton (T.P.K., L.E.); the Center for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (C.M.); the ...
متن کاملA randomized trial of a single dose of oral dexamethasone for mild croup.
BACKGROUND The benefits of dexamethasone treatment for moderate-to-severe croup are well established. However, most children with croup have mild symptoms, and it is unknown whether they would derive the same degree of benefit from dexamethasone treatment as children with more severe disease. METHODS We conducted a double-blind trial at four pediatric emergency departments in which 720 childr...
متن کاملOral dexamethasone led to fewer treatment failures than did nebulized dexamethasone or placebo in children with mild croup.
I n t e r v e n t i o n Children were allocated to oral dexamethasone, 0.6 mg/kg of body weight to a maximum dose of 10 mg, and nebulized placebo (n = 85); nebulized dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 160 μg (n = 91), and oral placebo; or oral and nebulized placebo (n = 88). M a i n o u t c o m e m e a s u r e s The primary outcome was treatment failure (re-evaluation leading to a prescription for...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: CJEM
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1481-8035,1481-8043
DOI: 10.1017/s1481803500013865