WebMD Update: Dexamethasone, a steroid sometimes used for asthma, cancer, and rheumatoid arthritis, could reduce deaths in hospitalized coronavirus patients with severe complications by about a ...

In a multicentre study in Europe, 301 adults with suspected bacterial meningitis (cloudy cerebrospinal fluid [CSF], bacteria in CSF, or a CSF leucocyte count above 1000/μ L) were given intravenous ...

After excluding infection, we treated this patient with intrathecal methotrexate 10 mg combined with dexamethasone 10 mg, and the patient’s symptoms of dizziness, headache, and tinnitus improved ...

"The RECOVERY trial provides evidence that treatment with dexamethasone at a dose of 6 mg once daily for up to 10 days reduces 28-day mortality in patients with Covid-19 who are receiving respiratory ...

Dexamethasone provided 4 mg at every 6 hours ... If the cortisol level is greater than 10 mcg/dl, the steroid therapy can be stopped. If the morning cortisol level is less than 10 mcg/dl, the ...

WebMD Update: Dexamethasone, a steroid sometimes used for asthma, cancer, and rheumatoid arthritis, could reduce deaths in hospitalized coronavirus patients with severe complications by about a ...

The usual but empirical initial dose in brain tumor patients is an intravenous bolus of 10 mg of dexamethasone, followed by a maintenance dose of 4 mg given by the intravenous (IV) route every 6 ...

Methods: Bleomycin (1.5 mg/kg) was instilled intratracheally into rats to induce pulmonary fibrosis. The effect of a 3-day course of dexamethasone (0.5 mg/kg) initiated 3 days after bleomycin induced ...

Enrolled patients received a single oral dose of 8 mg dexamethasone 0–12 hours before the first opioid dose. The patients recorded their symptoms and medication use during … Contributors YT was ...

Objectives To assess the clinical efficacy of Dexamethasone (D.) i.v. in gouty arthritis refractory ... We randomized patients in 2 groups: group 1 (n=36) received D. 0,15 mg/kg i.v.; group 2 (n=28) ...

Mean dexamethasone dose on day 7 was 4.1 mg/day (SD 3.4; median 4; range 0–46 mg). 24 patients reported ≥1 harms (32.4% CI 22.6% to 44.1%; insomnia n=10, depression n=7, euphoria n=7 and ...

Single-dose dexamethasone (600 mcg/kg or 300 mcg/kg) is a non-inferior alternative to a 3-day course of prednisolone (1 mg/kg), with the added advantage of improved tolerability and potentially ...