The Beneficial Effects of Early Dexamethasone Administration in Infants and Children with Bacterial Meningitis
- 30 May 1991
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 324 (22), 1525-1531
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199105303242201
Abstract
In experimental models of meningitis and in children with meningitis, dexamethasone has been shown to reduce meningeal inflammation and to Improve the outcome of disease.Keywords
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