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No clear benefit of parent initiated oral steroids in preschool children with viral wheeze
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  1. S S Birring
  1. Specialist Registrar, Institute for Lung Health, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK; sb134@le.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2003.la70

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    ▴ Oommen A, Lambert PC, Grigg J. Efficacy of a short course of parent-initiated oral prednisolone for viral wheeze in children aged 1–5 years: randomised controlled trial. Lancet2003;362:1433–8
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    Asthma in children aged 1–5 years is characterised by recurrent transient episodes of wheeze triggered by viral colds. This is labelled “preschool viral wheeze” and is commonly treated with inhaled bronchodilators and oral corticosteroids. Persistent wheeze is associated …

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