Patterns of topical corticosteroids prescriptions in children with asthma.
Ali ArabkhazaeliSusanne J H VijverbergMaaike van der LeeCornelis K van der EntCarla A Bruijnzeel-KoomenMarjolein S de Bruin-WellerJan A RaaijmakersAnke H Maitland-van der ZeePublished in: Pediatric dermatology (2018)
Younger children receive more topical corticosteroid prescriptions than children aged 4 and older, and there is a statistically significantly higher prescription rate of topical corticosteroid for infants. Sometimes general practitioners do not follow guidelines and prescribe more-potent topical corticosteroids without a prior prescription of the same potency by a specialist.