Randomised placebo-controlled multicentre effectiveness trial of adjunct betamethasone therapy in hospitalised children with community-acquired pneumonia: a trial protocol for the KIDS-STEP trial

Introduction Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) causes around 10 hospitalisations per 1000 child-years, each associated with an average 13 non-routine days experienced and more than 4 parent workdays lost. In adults, steroid treatment shortens time to clinical stabilisation without an increase in co...

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Main Authors: Patrick M Meyer Sauteur, Julia Anna Bielicki, Malte Kohns Vasconcelos, Regina Santoro, Michael Coslovsky, Marco Lurà, Kristina Keitel, Tanja Wachinger, Svetlana Beglinger, Ulrich Heininger, Johannes van den Anker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/12/e041937.full
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