Managing Pediatric Asthma Exacerbations: The Role of Timely Systemic Corticosteroid Administration in Emergency Care Settings-A Multicentric Retrospective Study.
Luna AntoninoEva GoossensJosefien Olmen VanAn BaelJohan HellinckxIsabelle Van UsselAn WoutersTijl JonckheerTine MartensSascha Van NuijsCarolin Van RossemYentl DriesenNathalie JouretEva Ter HaarSabine RozenbergEls VanderschaegheSusanne van SteijnStijn VerhulstKim Van Hoorenbeecknull nullPublished in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
Three in four children who presented with a moderate to severe AE at the ED did not receive SCS within the first hour. A prolonged timing of SCS administration correlated with a prolonged length of stay and extended need for oxygen support.