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When should we use inhaled steroids in ‘asthmatic’ infants?

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C Church

Specialist Registrar, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK; colinchurch@doctors.org.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2006.la0210

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▴ Bisgaard H, Hermansen MN, Loland L, et al. Intermittent inhaled corticosteroids in infants with episodic wheezing. N Engl J Med2006;354:1998–2005OpenUrl CrossRef PubMed Web of Science

It is unclear when to treat wheezy infants with inhaled corticosteroids. In this single centre, prospective, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial, the authors hypothesised that the development of asthma in infants is predated by episodes of wheezing …