Abstract

ORTIZ LEAL, F. J.; PALMA SUAREZ, Mª A.; BELMONTE RODRIGUEZ, A. J.  and  MORENO GARCIA, M. A.. Effectiveness of small oral dose of steroids to decrease the ongoing croup. Medifam [online]. 2002, vol.12, n.1, pp.58-61. ISSN 1131-5768.

It´s a frequent practice in our environment to use a small single oral dose of steroids for the treatment of mild croup in children. We have asked ourselves if this action decrease the ongoing croup. This question is not solved with the paediatric texts, then we decided to use the evidence based medicine methodology. We analysed a clinical trial that asses the administration of a small single oral dose of dexamethasone in children with mild croup.

Keywords : Croup; Glucocorticoids; Dexamethasone; Drug therapy; Drug utilitation review.

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