Background Bronchiolitis, the most common infection of the lower respiratory tract in infants,
is a leading cause of hospitalization in childhood. Corticosteroids are commonly used to …

Objective: To examine the efficacy of oral dexamethasone in acute bronchiolitis. Study
design: A double-blind randomized, placebo-controlled trial involving 70 children< 24 …

Background Although corticosteroids are commonly prescribed in the treatment of
bronchiolitis, there is no evidence on the efficacy of these drugs in this disorder. We …

OBJECTIVE: Determine whether dexamethasone treatment added to salbutamol reduces
time to readiness for discharge in patients with bronchiolitis and possible asthma …

Objective: To determine the clinical benefit of oral dexamethasone in children admitted to
the hospital with bronchiolitis treated with nebulized salbutamol. Methods: Randomized …

Background Although numerous studies have explored the benefit of using nebulized
epinephrine or corticosteroids alone to treat infants with bronchiolitis, the effectiveness of …

Study objective In acute exacerbations of asthma in children, corticosteroids reduce
relapses, subsequent hospital admission, and the need for ß 2-agonist bronchodilators …

Objective. To determine whether corticosteroids are efficacious in treating bronchiolitis in
hospitalized infants. Methods. Online bibliographic databases (Medline, Embase, and …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Dexamethasone has been proposed as an equivalent
therapy to prednisone/prednisolone for acute asthma exacerbations in pediatric patients …

Corticosteroids continue to be used by many physicians to treat infants with bronchiolitis.
The aim of this study was to examine the short‐term and long‐term efficacy of oral …