Post-extubation stridor in Respiratory Syncytial Virus bronchiolitis: Is there a role for prophylactic dexamethasone?

Esther S. Veldhoen; Charlotte A. Smulders; Teus H. Kappen; Job C. Calis; Job van Woensel; Paulien A. M. Raymakers-Janssen; Louis J. Bont; Marije P. Hennus

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172096

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Post-extubation stridor in Respiratory Syncytial Virus bronchiolitis: Is there a role for prophylactic dexamethasone?

Esther S. Veldhoen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Esther S. Veldhoen, Charlotte A. Smulders

* E-mail: e.s.veldhoen@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Charlotte A. Smulders ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Esther S. Veldhoen, Charlotte A. Smulders

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Teus H. Kappen,

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Job C. Calis,

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Emma Children’s Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Job van Woensel,

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Emma Children’s Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Paulien A. M. Raymakers-Janssen,

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Louis J. Bont,

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Marije P. Hennus

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Post-extubation stridor in Respiratory Syncytial Virus bronchiolitis: Is there a role for prophylactic dexamethasone?

Esther S. Veldhoen,
Charlotte A. Smulders,
Teus H. Kappen,
Job C. Calis,
Job van Woensel,
Paulien A. M. Raymakers-Janssen,
Louis J. Bont,
Marije P. Hennus

Published: February 16, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172096

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