Pulsed steroid therapy is an effective treatment for intractable hyperemesis gravidarum

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2781-2783

  Bondok, Rasha S ^a   El Sharnouby, Noha M ^a   Eid, Hala E ^a   Abd Elmaksoud, Ahmed M ^a  

^a Ain Shams University Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Hydrocortisone; Hyperemesis gravidarum; Intractable; Metoclopramide

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIEMETICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750230127     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000242156.15757.70     Document Type: Article

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