June 2009. Volume 5. Number 2

Oral prednisolone does not shorten hospital stay for preschool children admitted for mild to moderate wheezing associated with a viral infection

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Panickar J, Lakhanpaul M, Lambert PC, Kenia P, Stephenson T, Smyth A, et al. Oral prednisolone for preschool children with acute virus-Induced wheezing. New Eng J Med. 2008;360:329-38
Reviewers: Aparicio Sánchez JL1, Bernaola Aponte G2.
1Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital General de Lanzarote. Gran Canaria. España.
2Máster en Epidemiología Clínica. Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Suárez Angamos. Lima. Perú.
Correspondence: José Luis Aparicio Sánchez. Email: japaricio1970@gmail.com
Reception date: 01/01/2009
Acceptance date: 19/05/2009
Publication date: 01/06/2009

Abstract

Authors´ conclusions: in preschool children presenting to a hospital with mild-to-moderate wheezing associated with a viral infection, oral prednisolone was not superior to placebo.

Reviewers´ commentary: oral prednisolone should not be used routinely in preschool children presenting to a hospital with mild to moderate wheezing associated with a viral infection.

How to cite this article

Aparicio Sánchez JL, Bernaola Aponte G. En niños menores de cinco años con sibilancias asociadas a infección viral, el uso de prednisolona oral no parece reducir su estancia hospitalaria. Evid Pediatr. 2009;5:49.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Panickar J, Lakhanpaul M, Lambert PC, Kenia P, Stephenson T, Smyth A, et al. Oral prednisolone for preschool children with acute virus-Induced wheezing. New Eng J Med. 2008;360:329-38
Reviewers: Aparicio Sánchez JL1, Bernaola Aponte G2.
1Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital General de Lanzarote. Gran Canaria. España.
2Máster en Epidemiología Clínica. Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Suárez Angamos. Lima. Perú.
Correspondence: José Luis Aparicio Sánchez. Email: japaricio1970@gmail.com
Reception date: 01/01/2009
Acceptance date: 19/05/2009
Publication date: 01/06/2009

How to cite this article

Aparicio Sánchez JL, Bernaola Aponte G. En niños menores de cinco años con sibilancias asociadas a infección viral, el uso de prednisolona oral no parece reducir su estancia hospitalaria. Evid Pediatr. 2009;5:49.

References

  1. Csonka P, Kaila M, Laippala P, Isomustajärvi M, Vesikari T, Ashorn P. Oral prednisolone in the acute management of children age 6 to 35 months with viral respiratory infection-induced lower airway disease: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. J Pediatr. 2003;143:725-30.

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