In addition, the detrimental effects of recurrent short courses of oral corticosteroids may be significant. 5 6 7 8 It seems sensible that if a child of school age has experienced repeated episodes of acute asthma that resulted in health resource use, the parent should be advised to keep oral corticosteroids available to be used in the event of a relatively severe episode.
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Parent initiated prednisolone for acute asthma in children of school age: randomised controlled crossover trial.
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