Dexamethasone therapy for bacterial meningitis in adults: A double blind placebo control study

Neurology India

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-67

  Gijwani, D ^a   Kumhar, M R ^a   Singh, V B ^a   Chadda, V S ^a   Soni, P K ^a   Nayak, K C ^a   Gupta, B K ^a  

^a PBM Hospital Campus ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Adults; Bacterial meningitis; Dexamethasone

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; PLACEBO; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; MENINX DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORINS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PLACEBOS;

EID: 0036229069     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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