Dexamethasone therapy for children with bacterial meningitis

Pediatrics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 21-31

  Wald, E R ^a   Kaplan, S L ^a   Mason Jr , E O ^a   Sabo, D ^a   Ross, L ^a   Arditi, M ^a   Wiedermann, B L ^a   Barson, W ^a   Kwang Sik Kim, ^a   Yogev, R ^a   Hofkosh, D ^a   Prober, C G ^a   Dashefsky, B ^a   Green, M ^a   Michaels, M ^a   Serdy, C ^a   Catlin, F ^a   Duckett, T ^a   Murphy, M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial meningitis; dexamethasone; Haemophilus influenzae; steroids

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PARESIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPASTICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEAFNESS; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0028877986     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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