caa a22 4500 477069207 CHVBK 20180405111420.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02730799 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02730799 Role of steroids in croup and beta agonists in bronchiolitis [Elektronische Daten] [Arivoli Veerappan, Ashir Kumar] The administration of corticosteroids by various routes in the treatment of croup remains controversial as studies with varying designs and outcome measures have reported conflicting results. However, meta-analysis supports the use of steroids in croup. A dose equivalent to or greater than 100 mg/kg body weight of hydrocortisone, administered orally or parenterally appears to be effective. Nebulized budesonide in a dose of 1,000 micrograms, when dosages are given 30 minutes apart is also effective. The L-epinephrine is as effective as racemic epinephrine and should be used to relieve symptoms with or without steroids. Summarizing the value of beta agonists, for treatment of bronchiolitis is rather challenging. Beta agonists offer significant relief to only a subgroup of infants, with bronchiolitis, albeit, it remains a challenge to identify these infants prospectively. Availability of RSV immune globulin for prevention of RSV disease in highrisk infants and better defining the role of ribavirin for selected patients may offer additional avenues to the treating physician. Dr. K C Chaudhuri Foundation, 1996 Croup nationallicence Bronchiolitis nationallicence RSV immune globulin nationallicence Ribavirin nationallicence Beta agonists nationallicence Veerappan Arivoli Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824-1316, Michigan, MI, USA aut Kumar Ashir Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824-1316, Michigan, MI, USA aut The Indian Journal of Pediatrics Springer India 63/5(1996-09-01), 577-581 0019-5456 63:5<577 1996 63 12098 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730799 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730799 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Veerappan Arivoli Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824-1316, Michigan, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kumar Ashir Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824-1316, Michigan, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Indian Journal of Pediatrics Springer India 63/5(1996-09-01), 577-581 0019-5456 63:5<577 1996 63 12098 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer