哮喘是儿童住院及中断学业的常见原因。虽然支气管扩张药物疗法取得进展,,但住院率有增无减。为了解口服单剂强的松龙降低儿童急性哮喘发病率及住院率的可能性,作者进行一项随机双盲对照试验。184例中的140例(约半数年龄小于4岁)急性哮 Asthma is a common cause of hospitalization and interruption of schooling in children. Although progress has been made in the management of bronchiectasis, the rate of hospitalization has increased unabated. To understand the potential of oral single-dose prednisolone to reduce acute asthma and hospital admissions in children, the authors conducted a randomized double-blind controlled trial. In 184 cases of 140 cases (about half of the age of less than 4 years old) acute asthma