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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |