Inhaled Corticosteroids in U-5 Children With Acute Respiratory Infection in Uganda: A Randomised Trial

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out whether adjunct treatment with inhaled corticosteroids lead to faster improvement and reduce mortality of children under 5 years of age admitted to hospital with ALRI.

Timeline

Start

2012-12

Primary completion

2014-01

Completion

2014-01

Publications

• Background Ostergaard MS, Nantanda R, Tumwine JK, Aabenhus R. Childhood asthma in low income countries: an invisible killer? Prim Care Respir J. 2012 Jun;21(2):214-9. doi: 10.4104/pcrj.2012.00038.
• Background Ostergaard MS, Prahl P. Diagnosis of preschool asthma: parents' comments and typical phrases may ease history-taking. Prim Care Respir J. 2007 Jun;16(3):194-5. doi: 10.3132/pcrj.2007.00035. No abstract available.
• Background Sachdev HP, Mahajan SC, Garg A. Improving antibiotic and bronchodilator prescription in children presenting with difficult breathing: experience from an urban hospital in India. Indian Pediatr. 2001 Aug;38(8):827-38.
• Background Okoromah CN, Oviawe O. Is childhood asthma underdiagnosed and undertreated? Niger Postgrad Med J. 2002 Dec;9(4):221-5.
• Background Nantanda R, Hildenwall H, Peterson S, Kaddu-Mulindwa D, Kalyesubula I, Tumwine JK. Bacterial aetiology and outcome in children with severe pneumonia in Uganda. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2008 Dec;28(4):253-60. doi: 10.1179/146532808X375404.

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