Progesterone is not effective in the treatment of traumatic brain injury

Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2015, Pages N12-N13

  Wang, Michael ^a   Serak, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; BRAIN INJURIES; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECTS;

BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PROGESTERONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84924984985     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: 15244040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000462693.00394.d5     Document Type: Note

References (1)

1. Wright DW, Yeatts SD, Silbergleit R, et al. Very early administration of progesterone for acute traumatic brain injury. N Engl J Med. 2014;17:2457-2466.