P005: Pre-hospital dexamethasone administration in children with croup: the Edmonton experience
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Dexamethasone 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 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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adian children each year, making it the second most common cause of respiratory distress in the first decade of life. It affects boys more than girls (1.4:1) and young children between 6 months and 3 years of age more commonly than younger infants, older children and adolescents. Croup is frequently preceded by 24–72 hours of nonspecific cough, rhinorrhea, coryza and fever, with abrupt onset of...
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: CJEM
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1481-8035,1481-8043
DOI: 10.1017/cem.2016.182