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Dexamethasone for the treatment of traumatic brain injured patients with brain contusions and pericontusional edema: Study protocol for a prospective, randomized and double blind trial

BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) constitutes a leading cause of death and disability. Patients with TBI and cerebral contusions developing pericontusional edema are occasionally given dexamethasone on the belief that this edema is similar to that of tumors, in which the beneficial effect of...

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Autores principales: Pérez-Bárcena, Jon, Castaño-León, Ana María, Lagares Gómez-Abascal, Alfonso, Barea-Mendoza, Jesús Abelardo, Navarro Maín, Blanca, Pomar Pons, Jaume, Periañez Párraga, Leonor del Mar, Ibáñez Domínguez, Javier, Chico-Fernández, Mario, Llompart-Pou, Juan Antonio, Frontera Juan, Guillem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7837989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33546038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000024206