Treatment of recurrent acute wheezing episodes in infancy with oral salbutamol and prednisolone
- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Pediatrics
- Vol. 155 (6) , 512-516
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01955192
Abstract
This study demonstrates that oral salbutamol is beneficial in the treatment of acute episodes of wheezing in infancy. A combination of oral salbutamol and oral prednisolone appeared to have no additional benefit over treatment with oral salbutamol alone.Keywords
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