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Corticosteroids as standalone or add‐on treatment for sore throat

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Background

Sore throat is a common condition associated with a high rate of antibiotic prescriptions, despite limited evidence for the effectiveness of antibiotics. Corticosteroids may improve symptoms of sore throat by reducing inflammation of the upper respiratory tract. This review is an update to our review published in 2012.

Objectives

To assess the clinical benefit and safety of corticosteroids in reducing the symptoms of sore throat ... Expand abstract
Publication status:
Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1002/14651858.cd008268.pub3

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-2418-2091


Publisher:
Cochrane Collaboration
Journal:
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews More from this journal
Volume:
2020
Issue:
5
Article number:
CD008268
Place of publication:
England
Publication date:
2020-05-01
DOI:
EISSN:
1469-493X
Pmid:
32356360


Language:
English
Keywords:
Pubs id:
1103363
Local pid:
pubs:1103363
Deposit date:
2021-03-15
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