title: Steroids ineffective for pain in children with pharyngitis.
abstract: In children with acute pharyngitis, oral dexamethasone does not provide clinically significant reductions in time to initial or complete pain relief. Reserve its use for children with group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus pharyngitis who have moderate to severe pain, realizing that the benefit is of questionable significance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Texas A and M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA. mvia@swmail.sw.org
authors.forename: R Marc
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Via