- Oral corticosteroids are considered to have the greatest effect in terms of reducing inflammation.
- They are used to get a handle on severe asthma attacks while Inhaled Corticosteroids (ICS) are started or used as maintenance therapy in patients with severe asthma which is not controlled on ICS
- Systemic steroids play an important role in the acute treatment of asthma exacerbation
- Research has shown improved patient outcomes when systemic steroids are given within the first hour of Emergency Department management [14]
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