Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2007
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyComparison between single-dose oral prednisolone and oral dexamethasone in the treatment of croup: a randomized, double-blinded clinical trial.
To compare the effectiveness of three corticosteroid regimens in children with mild to moderate croup. ⋯ Both prednisolone 1 mg/kg and low-dose dexamethasone (0.15 mg/kg) were found not to differ in efficacy from the currently recommended 0.6 mg/kg dexamethasone. The use of these corticosteroid regimens in treating patients with mild to moderate croup is thus supported.