The growth of 50 children receiving regular inhaled corticosteroids was segregated into
divisions of six weeks from the start of treatment and compared with their growth when not …

Linear growth can be divided into three phases: during infancy it is influenced mainly by
nutrition; thereafterthroughout childhood it comes under hormonal control; puberty …

To evaluate the effects on growth of inhaled corticosteroid treatment (ICT) and of the quality
of control of asthma, height velocity was studied in 58 prepubertal children attending a …

Reports on the influence of inhaled glucocorticoids on growth have been controversial. We
studied the growth of prepubertal asthmatic children prior to and during glucocorticoid …

Inhaled corticosteroids are an established treatment for asthma in childhood. The risk of
adverse events associated with conventional doses of inhaled corticosteroids is low, but in …

A small effect (1 cm) of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) on the 1-year growth of asthmatic
children was observed in studies published during the 1990s. A high volume of literature …

No one ever died because they fell 1 cm short of their potential final height, but many
families understandably worry about the side effects of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), and …

Inhaled corticosteroids reduce asthma symptoms and exacerbations, improve lung function,
and reduce airway inflammation and bronchial hyperreactivity more effectively than other …

The class label warning in the United States for inhaled corticosteroids (ICS's) states that
these drugs may reduce growth velocity in children. In this paper, the evidence for this …

The effects of specific doses of alternate-day treatment with prednisone on linear growth
were evaluated in children with severe asthma. It was found that even the control patients …