2. We are developing clinical guidelines that address indications for drug therapy and hospital admission/discharge criteria. Development of these guidelines have included the following: a)convening an expert panel; b) critically reviewing the published literature; c) drafting guidelines which meet standard criteria for developing guidelines; d) obtaining approval of the guidelines by the Canadian Pediatric Society, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, and the Alberta Medical Association; and e) publishing the guidelines in journals such as the CMAJ.