Oral Prednisolone for Preschool Children with Acute Virus-Induced Wheezing | Zendy

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Oral Prednisolone for Preschool Children with Acute Virus-Induced Wheezing

Author(s) -

Jayachandran R Panickar,

Monica Lakhanpaul,

Paul C. Lambert,

Priti Kenia,

Terence Stephenson,

Alan R Smyth,

Jonathan Grigg

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa0804897

Subject(s) - medicine , prednisolone , pediatrics , respiratory sounds , early childhood , respiratory tract infections , asthma , respiratory system , immunology , psychology , developmental psychology

Attacks of wheezing induced by upper respiratory viral infections are common in preschool children between the ages of 10 months and 6 years. A short course of oral prednisolone is widely used to treat preschool children with wheezing who present to a hospital, but there is conflicting evidence regarding its efficacy in this age group.

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