RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS BRONCHIOLITIS - A DOUBLE-BLIND DEXAMETHASONE EFFICACY STUDY

Authors
DEBOECK K VANDERAA N VANLIERDE S CORBEEL L EECKELS R
Citation
K. Deboeck et al., RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS BRONCHIOLITIS - A DOUBLE-BLIND DEXAMETHASONE EFFICACY STUDY, The Journal of pediatrics, 131(6), 1997, pp. 919-921
Citations number
10
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
131
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
919 - 921
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1997)131:6<919:RSVB-A>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The efficacy of dexamethasone therapy for primary respiratory syncytia l virus bronchiolitis was studied in a double-blind placebo design in 29 previously healthy infants (median age, 194 days). No significant d ifferences were found between the groups in evolution of respiratory r ate, oxygen saturation, clinical score, or pulmonary function tests on day 3.