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Steroids for post extubation stridor: pediatric evidence is still inconclusive

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  1. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles-Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, 4650 Sunset Blvd Mailstop 12, Los Angeles, 90027, USA

    Robinder G. Khemani & Barry Markovitz

  2. Children’s Hospital Boston-Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Adrienne Randolph

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Khemani, R.G., Randolph, A. & Markovitz, B. Steroids for post extubation stridor: pediatric evidence is still inconclusive. Intensive Care Med 36, 1276–1277 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-1805-9

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