Adults with asthma who were treated with one dose of dexamethasone in the emergency department (ED) had only slightly higher relapse rates than patients who were treated with a five-day course of prednisone (Ann Emerg Med 2016 Apr 26. [Epub ahead of print]).
Adult patients, aged 18 to 55 years old, with mild to moderate asthma who presented to the ED were randomly assigned to one of two groups: 173 received a single dose of dexamethasone with four days of placebo to be