The effectiveness of a single dose of oral dexamethasone in treating an acute exacerbation of asthma when compared to three days course of oral prednisolone - a randomised controlled trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: J459- Other and unspecified asthma
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/02/023435
- Lead Sponsor
- none
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Known asthmatic children aged 2 to 12 years who present to the general medical department and pulmonology department with an acute asthma exacerbation.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Reported use of oral corticosteroids in the 4 weeks before the current episode;
2. history of intubation;
3.concurrent stridor;
4.Pediatric Respiratory Assessment Measure (PRAM) score more than 8 (life threatening asthma & near fatal asthma)
5.chronic respiratory disease or cardiac disease
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare whether a single dose of oral <br/ ><br>dexamethasone is superior to three days of oral prednisolone in the management of asthma exacerbations in childrenTimepoint: Assessment of participants from the time of admission for the enitre period of hospital stay, every 8th hourly using PRAM score.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Better patient complianceTimepoint: Time of admission to the time of discharge