Glucocorticoids for croup in children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Glucocorticoids are commonly used for croup in children. This is an update of a Cochrane Review published in 1999 and previously updated in 2004 and 2011.

Objectives

To examine the effects of glucocorticoids for the treatment of croup in children aged 0 to 18 years.

Search methods

We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (the Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2018), which includes the Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group's Specialised Register, Ovid MEDLINE Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations and Ovid MEDLINE (1946 to 3 April 2018), and Embase (Ovid) (1996 to 3 April 2018, week 14), and the trials registers ClinicalTrials.gov (3 April 2018) and the World Health Organization International Clinical Tri

SUBMITTER: Gates A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6513469 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature