Guidelines for the acute medical management of severe traumatic brain injury in infants, children, and adolescents. Chapter 16. The use of corticosteroids in the treatment of severe pediatric traumatic brain injury

Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2003 Jul;4(3 Suppl):S60-4.

Authors

P David Adelson¹, Susan L Bratton, Nancy A Carney, Randall M Chesnut, Hugo E M du Coudray, Brahm Goldstein, Patrick M Kochanek, Helen C Miller, Michael D Partington, Nathan R Selden, Craig R Warden, David W Wright; American Association for Surgery of Trauma; Child Neurology Society; International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery; International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society; Society of Critical Care Medicine; World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies

Affiliation

¹ University of Pittsburgh/Children's Hospital, USA.

PMID: 12847352

No abstract available

Publication types

Guideline
Practice Guideline
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adolescent
Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use*
Adult
Brain Injuries / complications
Brain Injuries / drug therapy*
Child
Child, Preschool
Critical Care / methods
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intracranial Hypertension / drug therapy
Intracranial Hypertension / etiology

Substances

Adrenal Cortex Hormones