TREATMENT OF CROUP.
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Treatment of acute viral croup.
Total respiratory resistance (RT) was measured before and after nebulised alpha-adrenergic stimulant therapy in 8 children aged 4 to 18 months who had the clinical symptoms of acute viral croup. In 7 children there was a mean fall in RT of 30% after treatment, associated with an improvement in their clinical condition. This improvement was shortlived, the resistance returning to pretreatment le...
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Sir: While writing my article for this journal titled ‘‘Zinc lozenges as cure for the common cold – a review and hypothesis” [1], I reflected upon the long 25-year history of zinc in treating colds, and also remembered that the history of use of zinc to treat croup in infants and young children was much longer. The first published use that I found for treating croup with zinc was in 1899; yes, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1843
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)87078-7