Oral Corticosteroids Ease Preschoolers’ Acute Wheeze
Oral corticosteroids helped reduce wheeze severity and length of hospital stay in children experiencing acute preschool wheeze, a pooled analysis of patient-level randomized trial data showed. The medication reduced wheezing severity score (WSS) after 4 hours to a greater degree than did placebo (mean difference -0.31 on a 12-point scale, P=0.011). This, however, was not […]