Tham khảo tài liệu 'biomedical engineering trends research and technologies part 2', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, cơ khí - chế tạo máy phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 30 Biomedical Engineering Trends Research and Technologies administration was not shown since patients were treated for up to 12 hours in the ED. Also patients only received p2-agonist aerosols every 2 S15-S16 M5RPR comparison In contrast Stein and Cole15 treated adults with acute asthma with 125 mg of intravenous methylprednisolone or placebo followed by frequent p2-agonist aerosols. They found no difference in hospitalization rates between the two groups. S17 M6 Explan However the failure to detect a steroid benefit was most likely the result of the administration of methylprednisolone to some patients in the placebo group rather than the use of aggressive p2-agonist S18 M1 5 BI A recent meta-analysis of steroid therapy concluded that the oral and intravenous routes are equally efficacious in the initial hours of treatment of acute S19 M1 5 BI In fact Ratto et found no significant differences in pulmonary function tests 6 hours after steroid dosing among hospitalized adults treated with oral and intravenous steroids. S20-S21 M1 5 BI Engel et randomly assigned hospitalized adults to receive either intravenous methylprednisolone or oral prednisone. There were no significant differences between the two groups as assessed by hourly measurements of peak expiratory flow during the first 24 hours after admission. S22 M1 5 BI In a recent review of a 1-year experience at a children s hospital it was found that only 4 of 3358 children with acute asthma received systemic steroids in the ED yet 26 were ill enough to require S23 M1 BI Establishing intravenous access in a child is often laborintensive time-consuming and painful and may be a primary reason for the underutilization of corticosteroids in the ED. S24 M7 Claim The principal benefit of oral prednisone then may be that moderately ill patients will receive corticosteroid therapy more consistently and more promptly. S25 M1 BI There are several aspects of the
