Glucocorticoids for Croup in Children.
review · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.0834.
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Abstract
For children with croup, do glucocorticoids reduce clinical symptoms, minimize return visits and/or (re)admissions to the hospital, shorten lengths of stay, or reduce the need for additional treatments? Glucocorticoids reduce symptoms of croup at 2 hours and for at least 24 hours, reduce return visits to care, and shorten hospital stays by about 15 hours. Serious adverse events are infrequent.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- Croup
- Glucocorticoids