Dexamethasone proves deleterious in cerebral malaria. A double-blind trial in 100 comatose patients.
High-dose dexamethasone was compared with placebo in a double-blind trial involving 100 comatose patients with strictly defined cerebral malaria. The two treatment groups, whose members were six to 70 years old, proved comparable on admission. There were eight deaths in the dexamethasone group and n...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1982
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