Asthma exacerbation and large doses of inhaled corticosteroids
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 03:32
in Health & Medicine
There is no evidence that increasing the dose of inhaled corticosteroids at the onset of an asthma exacerbation, as part of a patient-initiated action plan, reduces the need for rescue oral corticosteroids. This is the conclusion of work published in The Cochrane Library this month.