Authors should have stated how drug was given

BMJ 1996;313:1081 (26 October)

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Authors should have stated how drug was given

EDITOR,--The results of G C Geelhoed and colleagues' trial ofa single dose of oral dexamethasone for outpatient croup wouldbe easier to apply in practice if we knew how the authors gavethe dexamethasone.¹ Did they use the 500 µg tablets ora solution, and did they round the dose to the nearest 250 or500 µg? Was the dose given in the emergency departmentimmediately on diagnosis, or did a parent give it later aftergetting it dispensed?

ANDREW HERXHEIMER Clinical pharmacologist

9 Park Crescent, London N3 2NL

Andrew Herxheimer

Geelhoed GC, Turner J, Macdonald WBG. Efficacy of a small single dose of oral dexamethasone for outpatient croup: a double blind placebo controlled clinical trial. BMJ 1996;313:140-2. (20 July.) [Abstract/Free Full Text]

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Efficacy of a small single dose of oral dexamethasone for outpatient croup: a double blind placebo controlled clinical trial: G C Geelhoed, J Turner, and W B G Macdonald
BMJ 1996 313: 140-142. [Abstract] [Full Text]