Steroids In The Management Of Acute Asthma Exacerbations In Children, Which Form Is More Suitable?

Launched by ASSIUT UNIVERSITY · Jun 29, 2017

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This study will be performed in Assiut university Children Hospital and will include patients with asthma exacerbations presented to the emergency department for three months. All children presenting to the emergency department with mild to moderate asthma exacerbations will be assessed to decide if the child needs treatment with salbutamol. Before starting treatment the Pediatric Respiratory Assessment Measure (PRAM), vital signs, and oxygen saturation will be recorded. Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) will also be recorded if the patient was 6 years or older.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Ages 2 to 16 years
• • Background history of asthma
• • Presentation with an asthma exacerbation requiring repeated salbutamol after 20 minutes.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Less than 2 years old or over 16 years
• • Critical or life-threatening asthma
• • Known tuberculosis exposure
• • Active varicella or herpes simplex infection
• • Documented concurrent infection with Respiratory syncytial virus
• • Fever \>39.5°C
• • Use of oral corticosteroids in the previous four weeks
• • Concurrent stridor
• • Significant co-morbid disease: lung, cardiac, immune, liver, endocrine, neurological or psychiatric