Steroids for traumatic optic neuropathy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Yu Wai Man, Patrick ^a   Griffiths, P G ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Humans; Methylprednisolone administration dosage ; Optic nerve injuries *drug therapy ; Steroids administration dosage; *therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW DRUG DOSE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 44949098380     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006032.pub2     Document Type: Review

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