PEDIATRICS Vol. 47 No. 3 March 1971, pp. 635-636
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Corticosteroids in Croup: Is a Controlled Clinical Trial Needed?

Alvin N. Eden M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Wyckoff Heights Hospital, Brooklyn, New York

I read with a great deal of interest the Committee on Drugs Report entitled, "Should Steroids be used in Treating Bronchiolitis?" I am in complete agreement with the report, namely, that steroids have no place in the treatment of bronchiolitis. The committee rightly points out the unique contribution a collaborative controlled study can make in problems of this type.

I have been particularly interested in the use of corticosteroids in the treatment of croup and have previously published two double blind studies on the subject.2,3