Corticosteriod

Reducing Corticosteriod Use In Asthmatics

According to a recent study researchers say, Montelukast, a leukotriene-receptor antagonist (leukotrienes mediate inflammation // in the body and play a role in allergic reactions), decreased incidents of asthma in young children by about 32 percent while also reducing corticosteroid use . Resea...

New Five-Question Test Helps Assess Asthma Control In Children Under Five Years Of Age

...activity limitation in the past four weeks, nighttime awakenings in the past four weeks, quick-acting medication use in the past three months and oral corticosteriod use in the previous year. Each of the five TRACK questions is scored by the caregiver using a five-point scale, from zero to twenty, with higher ...

New Five-Question Test Helps Assess Asthma Control in Children Under Five Years of Age

...activity limitation in the past four weeks, nighttime awakenings in the past four weeks, quick-acting medication use in the past three months and oral corticosteriod use in the previous year. Each of the five TRACK questions is scored by the caregiver using a five-point scale, from zero to twenty, with ...

Multiple corticosteroid injections in pregnant women may increase cerebral palsy

...eks and 32 weeks pregnant who remained pregnant after an initial dose of corticosteroids. They were randomly assigned to receive weekly courses of the corticosteriod betamethasone or placebo injections. Children born to women enrolled in the study were given physical and neurological examinations at ages 2 to 3...