High-dose methylprednisolone in acute spinal cord injuries: Proceed with caution

Orthopedics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 327-331

  Pandya, Komal A ^a   Weant, Kyle A ^a   Cook, Aaron M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NALOXONE; PLACEBO; TACROLIMUS; TIRILAZAD; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 77952773448     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20100225-15     Document Type: Article

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