It is suggested that after the patient is tapered to a dose of 0.75 mg of dexamethasone per day, a morning cortisol level should be drawn to determine the steroid's effect on adrenal function.

For any parent who has spent several sleepless nights with a child who has croup, steroids are heaven-sent. IM dexamethasone, however, involves giving children what they fear most -- a shot.

When using dexamethasone, keep in mind that as with any ophthalmic steroid, extended use may be problematic in some cases.

The police are also looking into other cases of babysitters feeding their charges stimulants since the arrested woman claimed it is common practice among her fellow caregivers.

Following several studies that documented a decrease in both surgical morbidity and mortality following glucocorticoid (dexamethasone) treatment, 1, 2 steroid therapy is now routinely used in the ...

BTS/SIGN guidelines recommend that children with severe symptoms of viral induced wheeze (VIW) should still receive oral steroids, and that it is advisable in moderately severe cases without a ...

Details of the indication, dose, and the documented plan for dose reduction and cessation were collected. Results 43 patients were prescribed steroids: all of these were given dexamethasone. 17 ...

During the period of the study, nearly 4% of the patients began taking steroids while in the hospital, including prednisone, ...

There was no statistically significant difference in the visual outcomes of either group with a mean 2.79 Snellen lines improvement of the intravitreal dexamethasone group versus 1.8 lines in the ...

Coronavirus: WHO urges promising steroid Dexamethasone production to boom Can dexamethasone be a cure to coronavirus? The clinical trial ran by British searchers seems promising, so much that the ...

OBJECTIVE To study the long term neurodevelopmental outcome of children who participated in a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled study of early postnatal dexamethasone treatment for ...