lower oral steroid doses for asthma attacks in children
February 2004
Some physicians now use lower oral steroid doses for asthma attacks in children.
Guidelines still recommend 1 to 2 mg/kg/day...up to 60 mg/day... of prednisone or prednisolone for children with acute asthma.
This means that a 55 pound child often gets 25 mg.
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