The New England Journal of Medicine

Observations and Comments on Failure of Dexamethasone Suppression

IN most patients with Cushing's disease ∥ urinary 17-hydroxycorticosteroids (17OHCS) are readily suppressed by 8 mg. of dexamethasone per day. However, Liddle, 1 in 1960, predicted that the excessive ...
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Phase III double-blind comparison of dolasetron mesylate and ondansetron and an evaluation of the additive role of dexamethasone in the prevention of acute and delayed nausea ...

Human urinary macrophage colony-stimulating factor reduces the incidence and duration of febrile neutropenia and shortens the period required to finish three courses of intensive consolidation therapy ...
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Ondansetron versus metoclopramide, both combined with dexamethasone, in the prevention of cisplatin-induced delayed emesis. The Italian Group for Antiemetic Research.

Determinants of postchemotherapy nausea and vomiting in patients with cancer. Quality of Life and Symptom Control Committees of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group. Three ...
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Low-dose dexamethasone may provide pain relief, improve mobility after TKA

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Administration of low-dose IV dexamethasone before knee arthroplasty may improve patient outcomes for pain, ...
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IV Steroid Before Thyroidectomy Prevents Complications

Just one preoperative dose of dexamethasone proved of benefit for thyroidectomy patients, according to a randomized clinical trial in Pakistan. In a study of 192 patients, those who received ...