Pediatrics – PICO #2

Brief description of patient problem/setting (summarize the case very briefly) 30-month-old F, accompanied by her mother, comes in to the pediatrics emergency room c/o a cough that has not gone away x 2 days. You hear a bark-like cough, but the child does not seem to be very symptomatic. Search Question: Clearly state the question (including outcomes or criteria to be tracked) In children with mildly symptomatic croup is oral dexamethasone still the go-to steroid to administer verses oral prednisolone in reducing the duration of a child’s cough and illness trajectory? Question Type: What kind of question is this? (boxes …

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