Comparison Between Budesonide and Dexamethasone Treatments for Respiratory Discomfort After Extubation on Children

Inclusion Criteria: * patients intubated for periods longer than 24hs * age between 28 days and than 15 years * post extubation stridor must be clinically diagnosticated by a MD * informed consent must be obtained Exclusion Criteria: * patients under palliative care * presence of neuromuscular disease * previous airway pathologies * epiglottitis, aspiration of foreign bodies * viral laryngitis * former airway surgery * patients previously included in the study within the same hospital admission * corticosteroid use in the 48hs preceding extubation