The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 140, Issue 1 , Pages 27-32 , January 2002

Efficacy of oral dexamethasone in outpatients with acute bronchiolitis

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, May 5-8, 2001, Atlanta, Georgia.

Received 11 April 2001 ,Revised 31 August 2001 ,Accepted 12 September 2001.

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☆ Supported by grants from the Medical Research Council of Canada and Merck Frosst, Canada. The Paediatric Outcomes Research Team is supported by The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation. Dr. Dick receives financial support from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care through a Career Scientist Award (#05239).

☆☆ The results and conclusions are those of the authors; no official endorsement by the Ministry is intended or should be inferred.

★ Reprint requests: Suzanne Schuh, MD, Division of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8.

PII: S0022-3476(02)68662-7

doi: 10.1067/mpd.2002.120271

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 140, Issue 1 , Pages 27-32 , January 2002

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