Role of Steroids
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- guideline
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Journal of Neurotrauma
- Vol. 17 (6_7), 531-535
- https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2000.17.531
Abstract
The majority of available evidence indicates that steroids do not improve outcome or lower ICP in severely head-injured patients. The routine use of steroids is not recommended for these purposes.Keywords
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