{"id":108,"date":"2014-03-01T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T02:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/info.pediatricsdirectory.com\/?p=108"},"modified":"2023-08-26T20:53:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T00:53:12","slug":"dexamethasone-for-acute-asthma-exacerbations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/108\/","title":{"rendered":"Dexamethasone for acute asthma exacerbations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/publications.aap.org\/pediatrics\/article-abstract\/133\/3\/493\/32279\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AAP-240x240-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AAP-240x240-1.png 240w, https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AAP-240x240-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/publications.aap.org\/pediatrics\/article-abstract\/133\/3\/493\/32279\/\">Dexamethasone for acute asthma exacerbations<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In this systematic review and meta-analysis there was no difference in relative risk (RR) of relapse between dexamethasone and prednisone \/ prednisolone at any time point. Children who received dexamethasone were less likely to experience vomiting in either the emergency department or at home. Practitioners should consider single or 2-dose regimens of dexamethasone as a viable alternative to a 5-day course of prednisone \/ prednisolone. <strong>SOURCE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pediatrics.aappublications.org\/content\/133\/3\/493\">Pediatrics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<span class=\"tags-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/abstracts\/\" rel=\"tag\">abstracts<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/asthma\/\" rel=\"tag\">asthma<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/dexamethasone\/\" rel=\"tag\">dexamethasone<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/meta-analysis\/\" rel=\"tag\">meta-analysis<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/prednisolone\/\" rel=\"tag\">prednisolone<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/steroids\/\" rel=\"tag\">steroids<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dexamethasone for acute asthma exacerbations In this systematic review and meta-analysis there was no difference in relative risk (RR) of relapse between dexamethasone and prednisone \/ prednisolone at any time point. Children who received dexamethasone were less likely to experience vomiting in either the emergency department or at home. Practitioners should consider single or 2-dose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[402],"tags":[434,557,881,1437,1707,1948],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5539,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/5539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}