Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: A cluster randomized controlled trial comparing three methods of disseminating practice guidelines for children with croup [ISRCTN73394937] | Implementation Science BioMed Central Study protocol Open Access A cluster randomized controlled trial comparing three methods of disseminating practice guidelines for children with croup ISRCTN73394937 David W Johnson 1 William Craig2 Rollin Brant3 Craig Mitton4 Larry Svenson5 and Terry P Klassen2 Address Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada 2Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada 3Department of Statistics University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada 4Faculty of Health and Social Development University of British Columbia- Okanagan Kelowna British Columbia Canada and 5Health Surveillance Alberta Health and Wellness Edmonton Alberta Canada Email David W Johnson - William Craig - wcraig@ Rollin Brant - rollin@ Craig Mitton - cmitton@ Larry Svenson - Terry P Klassen - Corresponding author Published 28 April 2006 Received 25 January 2006 Implementation Science2006 1 10 doi 1748-5908-1-10 Accepted 28 April 2006 This article is available from http content 1 1 10 2006Johnson et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The optimal management of croup - a common respiratory illness in young children - is well established. In particular treatment with corticosteroids has been shown to significantly reduce the rate and duration of intubation hospitalization and return to care for on-going croup symptoms. Furthermore treatment with a single dose of corticosteroids does not appear to result in any significant adverse outcomes
