We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Caution on Head Injury Rx.
- Authors
Stephenson, Joan
- Abstract
States the current treatment of severe head injuries with corticosteroids is dangerous, according to an international study. Finding of increased mortality within two weeks of hospital admission; Rationale for the treatment; Details of the CRASH trial which gave patients methylprednisolone or a placebo; Data from the Corticosteroid Randomisation After Significant Head Injury clinical trial.
- Subjects
HEAD injuries; ADRENOCORTICAL hormones; MEDICAL experimentation on humans; CLINICAL trials; PLACEBOS; MEDICAL research; MORTALITY; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2004, Vol 292, Issue 19, p2329
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.292.19.2329-a