Skip to main content
NCBI home page
Thorax logoLink to Thorax
. 1996 Nov;51(11):1071–1072. doi: 10.1136/thx.51.11.1071

Steroids in exacerbations of asthma: tablets or inhalers?

C Griffiths
PMCID: PMC1090513  PMID: 8958885

Full text

PDF
1071

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Allen D. B., Mullen M., Mullen B. A meta-analysis of the effect of oral and inhaled corticosteroids on growth. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1994 Jun;93(6):967–976. doi: 10.1016/s0091-6749(94)70043-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Altman D. G., Bland J. M. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. BMJ. 1995 Aug 19;311(7003):485–485. doi: 10.1136/bmj.311.7003.485. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Ayres J. G., Bateman E. D., Lundbäck B., Harris T. A. High dose fluticasone propionate, 1 mg daily, versus fluticasone propionate, 2 mg daily, or budesonide, 1.6 mg daily, in patients with chronic severe asthma. International Study Group. Eur Respir J. 1995 Apr;8(4):579–586. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Barnes N. C., Marone G., Di Maria G. U., Visser S., Utama I., Payne S. L. A comparison of fluticasone propionate, 1 mg daily, with beclomethasone dipropionate, 2 mg daily, in the treatment of severe asthma. International Study Group. Eur Respir J. 1993 Jun;6(6):877–885. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Barnes P. J., Pedersen S. Efficacy and safety of inhaled corticosteroids in asthma. Report of a workshop held in Eze, France, October 1992. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1993 Oct;148(4 Pt 2):S1–26. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm/148.4_Pt_2.S1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Blainey D., Lomas D., Beale A., Partridge M. The cost of acute asthma--how much is preventable? Health Trends. 1990;22(4):151–153. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Boe J., Bakke P., Rødølen T., Skovlund E., Gulsvik A. High-dose inhaled steroids in asthmatics: moderate efficacy gain and suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Research Council of the Norwegian Thoracic Society. Eur Respir J. 1994 Dec;7(12):2179–2184. doi: 10.1183/09031936.94.07122179. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Clark D. J., Grove A., Cargill R. I., Lipworth B. J. Comparative adrenal suppression with inhaled budesonide and fluticasone propionate in adult asthmatic patients. Thorax. 1996 Mar;51(3):262–266. doi: 10.1136/thx.51.3.262. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Evans S. A., Stoner J., Hardy C. Are general practitioners equipped to manage acute severe asthma? BMJ. 1994 Dec 3;309(6967):1486–1486. doi: 10.1136/bmj.309.6967.1486. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Fabbri L., Burge P. S., Croonenborgh L., Warlies F., Weeke B., Ciaccia A., Parker C. Comparison of fluticasone propionate with beclomethasone dipropionate in moderate to severe asthma treated for one year. International Study Group. Thorax. 1993 Aug;48(8):817–823. doi: 10.1136/thx.48.8.817. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Griffiths C., Naish J., Sturdy P., Pereira F. Prescribing and hospital admissions for asthma in east London. BMJ. 1996 Feb 24;312(7029):481–482. doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7029.481. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Jackson C., Lipworth B. Optimizing inhaled drug delivery in patients with asthma. Br J Gen Pract. 1995 Dec;45(401):683–687. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Levy M. L., Stevenson C., Maslen T. Comparison of short courses of oral prednisolone and fluticasone propionate in the treatment of adults with acute exacerbations of asthma in primary care. Thorax. 1996 Nov;51(11):1087–1092. doi: 10.1136/thx.51.11.1087. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Neville R. G., Clark R. C., Hoskins G., Smith B. National asthma attack audit 1991-2. General Practitioners in Asthma Group. BMJ. 1993 Feb 27;306(6877):559–562. doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6877.559. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Rowe B. H., Keller J. L., Oxman A. D. Effectiveness of steroid therapy in acute exacerbations of asthma: a meta-analysis. Am J Emerg Med. 1992 Jul;10(4):301–310. doi: 10.1016/0735-6757(92)90007-k. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. Webb J. R. Dose response of patients to oral corticosteroid treatment during exacerbations of asthma. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1986 Apr 19;292(6527):1045–1047. doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6527.1045. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Thorax are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES