Oral prednisolone for acute lower respiratory tract infection in clinically unrecognised asthma: an exploratory analysis of the Oral Steroids for Acute Cough (OSAC) randomised controlled trial
Background: Acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRTI) is often treated in primary care with antibiotics. The recent Oral Steroids for Acute Cough (OSAC) randomised controlled trial (RCT) showed corticosteroids were not an effective alternative in adults without a diagnosis of asthma with ALRTI...
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Language: | English |
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Royal College of General Practitioners
2020-11-01
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Series: | BJGP Open |
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Online Access: | https://bjgpopen.org/content/4/5/bjgpopen20X101099 |