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 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2020-12-01
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| Series: | BMJ Open |
| Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/12/e041937.full |
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