Abstract

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Subcommittee on Diagnosis and Management of Bronchiolitis thanks Dr Weinberger for his comments on the corticosteroid recommendation in the clinical practice guideline “Diagnosis and Management of Bronchiolitis.”1 He raises many points that were discussed by the subcommittee as we formed our recommendations. Schuh et al2 performed a well-designed study of the effect of 1 mg/kg oral dexamethasone in the emergency department using the Respiratory Distress Assessment Instrument (RDAI) and the related Respiratory Assessment Change Scale (RACS) to evaluate clinical response at 240 minutes. The mean …

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