Showing 221-240 of 746 for: Cochrane Systematic Reviews > Pharmacotherapeutics 
- Corticosteroids for acute severe asthma in hospitalised patients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Jan-2001
Corticosteroids are currently used routinely in the management of acute severe asthma. The optimal dose and route of administration continues to be debated. Some investigators have reported a greater benefit of higher doses of corticosteroids in the manag
- Corticosteroids for acute traumatic brain injury
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Jan-2005
Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability. Corticosteroids have been widely used in treating people with traumatic brain injury.
- Corticosteroids for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage and primary intracerebral haemorrhage
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Aug-2008
Corticosteroids, particularly dexamethasone, are commonly used for treatments in patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) and primary intracerebral haemorrhage (PICH) despite the lack of evidence.
- Corticosteroids for cervical ripening and induction of labour
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Apr-2006
The role of corticosteroids in the process of labour is not well understood. Animal studies have shown the importance of cortisol secretion by the fetal adrenal gland in initiating labour in sheep. Infusion of glucocorticosteroids into the fetus has also
- Corticosteroids for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Nov-2017
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is a progressive or relapsing and remitting paralysing illness, probably due to an autoimmune response, which should benefit from corticosteroid treatment. Non-randomised studies suggest tha
- Corticosteroids for dengue infection
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Jun-2014
Dengue is a common and important mosquito-borne viral infection. In many low- and middle-income countries it is endemic and is an important public health problem. Severe dengue is an important cause of death in children. There is no specific treatment for
- Corticosteroids for Guillain‐Barré syndrome
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Oct-2016
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute paralysing disease caused by inflammation of the peripheral nerves, which corticosteroids would be expected to benefit.
- Corticosteroids for HELLP syndrome in pregnancy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-May-2009
Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome is a severe form of pre-eclampsia. Pre-eclampsia is a multi-system disease of pregnancy associated with an increase in blood pressure and increased perinatal and maternal morbidity and m
- Corticosteroids for hospitalised children with acute asthma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Jan-2003
Systemic corticosteroids are used routinely in the management of children with severe acute asthma. There is a lack of consensus regarding the agent, dose and route of corticosteroid administration.
- Corticosteroids for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Jul-2003
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease with significant morbidity and mortality. Patients short survival time, high mortality and generally rapid decline raise the importance of early treatment. Current guidelines suggest a combination of cortic
- Corticosteroids for maintenance of remission in Crohn's disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Oct-2003
The efficacy of corticosteroids in the setting of maintenance therapy for Crohn's disease has never been clearly demonstrated. It would be important to determine, based upon the currently available data from controlled trials, if the use of chronic cortic
- Corticosteroids for managing tuberculous meningitis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Apr-2016
Tuberculous meningitis is a serious form of tuberculosis (TB) that affects the meninges that cover a person's brain and spinal cord. It is associated with high death rates and with disability in people who survive. Corticosteroids have been used as an adj
- Corticosteroids for myasthenia gravis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Apr-2005
Although widely accepted as an appropriate immunosuppressive therapy, the efficacy of glucocorticosteroid treatment has only rarely been tested in controlled studies. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2005 and previously updated in
- Corticosteroids for preventing postherpetic neuralgia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Mar-2013
Postherpetic neuralgia is a common, serious painful complication of herpes zoster. Corticosteroids are anti-inflammatory and might be beneficial. This is an update of a review first published in 2008 and previously updated in 2010.
- Corticosteroids for preventing relapse following acute exacerbations of asthma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Jul-2008
Acute asthma is responsible for many emergency department (ED) visits annually. Between 12 to 16% will relapse to require additional interventions within two weeks of ED discharge. Treatment of acute asthma is based on rapid reversal of bronchospasm and r
- Corticosteroids for pulmonary sarcoidosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Apr-2005
Pulmonary sarcoidosis is a common condition with an unpredictable course. Oral (OCS) or inhaled steroids (ICS) are widely used in its treatment, but there is no consensus about when and in whom therapy should be initiated, what dose should be given and fo
- Corticosteroids for the long‐term treatment in multiple sclerosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Jan-2008
Short term high dose corticosteroid treatment improves symptoms and short term disability after an acute exacerbation of multiple sclerosis (MS) but it is unknown whether its long-term use can reduce the accumulation of disability.
- Corticosteroids for the prevention and treatment of post‐extubation stridor in neonates, children and adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Jul-2009
Post-extubation stridor may prolong length of stay in the intensive care unit, particularly if airway obstruction is severe and re-intubation proves necessary. Some clinicians use corticosteroids to prevent or treat post-extubation stridor, but corticoste
- Corticosteroids for the resolution of malignant bowel obstruction in advanced gynaecological and gastrointestinal cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Jan-2000
This is an update of the review published in Issue 3, 1999. Gastrointestinal and ovarian cancers are common cancers. The incidence of associated malignant bowel obstruction in patients with advanced cancers of these types is not known, and the best manage
- Corticosteroids for treating hypotension in preterm infants
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Dec-2011
Systemic hypotension is a relatively common complication of preterm birth and is associated with periventricular haemorrhage, periventricular white matter injury and adverse neurodevelopmental outcome. Corticosteroid treatment has been used as an alternat
