Oral Prednisolone for Preschool Children with Acute Virus-Induced Wheezing
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[Oral prednisone for pre-school children with acute virus-induced wheezing].
BACKGROUND 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. METHODS We conducted a randomized, double-blin...
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تاریخ انتشار 2009