Clinical Trial: Impact of Cold Air Exposure on Croup Symptoms

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Outdoor Cold Air Exposure Versus Room Temperature for Croup Symptoms in Pediatric Emergency Departments: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Brief Summary: The goal of the present randomised controlled clinical trial is to compare the efficacy of a 30-minute exposition to cold, atmospheric, outdoor air on the severity of croup symptoms with exposition to indoor room air in children with mild to moderate croup receiving a single dose of dexamethasone during winter croup outbreaks.