Comparative study of the effectiveness of 2 oral corticoids in the control of severe crisis of bronchial asthma: deflazacort and prednisone
Chapela, R.
Revista Alergia Mexico 42(4): 64-68
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-5151 PMID: 7552187 Document Number: 5119
This article contains the results reached after conducting a study with 30 patients hospitalized or seen at the Emergency Ward of the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, diagnosed as suffering from a severe bronchial asthma crisis, in whom the crisis was controlled with conventional measures. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of deflazacort and prednisone as anti-inflammatory agents capable of controlling severe asthma crisis in addition to analyzing their side effects. Deflazacort showed to be as effective as prednisone.
Document emailed within 1 workday
