Erschienen in:
01.04.2015 | Editorial Commentary
Enhancing the Management of Acute Asthma in Children: Do We Have the Evidence?
verfasst von:
Joseph L. Mathew
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 4/2015
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Excerpt
Some months back, Indian Journal of Pediatrics suggested ways to enhance the management of persistent asthma in children, to improve outcomes [
1]. This issue of the Journal includes two well-designed studies [
2,
3], exploring the potential for improving the management (and outcomes) of acute asthma. Arulparithi et al. describe a randomized trial comparing the efficacy of inhaled Budesonide
vs. oral Prednisolone in a small cohort of children with mild to moderate severity acute asthma [
2]; and Wang et al. investigated the efficacy of inhaled magnesium on provoked bronchospasm in another cohort of children [
3]. …