Examples of corticosteroid

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Repeated antenatal corticosteroids: size at birth and subsequent development.
Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of corticosteroids for the treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum.
Recently, the possibility of administrating low doses of corticosteroids was explored.
The effects of corticosteroids on fetal heart rate parameters has also been studied using computer analysis with con-icting results.
Repeat doses of prenatal corticosteroids for women at risk of preterm birth for preventing neonatal respiratory disease.
Repeated, but not single, maternal administration of corticosteroids delays myelination in the brain of fetal sheep.
Repeated antenatal corticosteroids: effects on cerebral palsy and childhood behaviour.
Repeated prenatal corticosteroids delay myelination in the ovine central nervous system.
There has been uncertainty regarding the safety of corticosteroids in the presence of infection.
Bene®cial effects of the combined use of prenatal corticosteroids and postnatal surfactant on preterm infants.
Advances include the use of antenatal corticosteroids, surfactant therapy, and new approaches to ventilation with the use of less invasive techniques.
Also, 31 of the patients are now regularly using inhaled corticosteroids and four are using them sporadically.
Rapid tapering of oral corticosteroids leads to flare-ups requiring larger doses for s ymptom control.
Increased mortality was associated with use of oral corticosteroids, poor physical performance and female gender.
From then on, many trials have been carried out to establish the clinical response of different schemes using aspirin, corticosteroids and adrenocorticotrophic hormone.
Clinical trials of postnatal corticosteroids: inhaled and systemic.
A randomized, placebocontrolled trial of corticosteroids for hyperemesis due to pregnancy.
Both betamethasone and dexamethasone are structurally similar fluorinated corticosteroids that have equivalent genomic potencies which are 25 times that of cortisol.
Slightly more patients randomized to radiotherapy alone were receiving corticosteroids at the time of randomization.
Topical corticosteroids often raise concerns and confusion about their dosage and their side effects, and patients can end up with cupboards full of preparations.
Stress and cognition : are corticosteroids good or bad guys?
Often there is an elevated sedimentation rate and a rapid response to high dose corticosteroids.
Costs for antiemetics and corticosteroids were based on average prescription figures.
Unlike stimulants and corticosteroids, antidepressants do not cause euthymic individuals to become euphoric.
The adverse effects of corticosteroids include acne, striation, and appearance of the typical facies.
In conclusion, corticosteroids seem to have a supportive effect on the outcome of different manifestations of viral myocarditis.
Five (29%) infants were premature, but none had received long-term treatment with corticosteroids.
Years ago, a similar controversy surrounded the use of corticosteroids as opposed to aspirin for the treatment of acute rheumatic fever.
Topical and intralesional corticosteroids are occasionally useful, while interferon and vincristine therapy are reserved for refractory, life-threatening lesions.
Multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids are associated with early severe lung disease in preterm neonates.
Repeated antenatal corticosteroids: effects on cerebral palsy and childhood behavior.
They are recommended in certain (different) patients and circumstances, where topical corticosteroids have not been successful.
Steroid cards are not issued routinely to asthma patients on inhaled corticosteroids but those taking regular oral steroids must be issued with one.
The primary stress response of fishes involves the activation of the higher brain centres, which trigger a massive release of catecholamines and corticosteroids.
Thus, the administration of corticosteroids allowed worms to persist and to maintain their fecundity when they would otherwise be removed and become less fecund.
If clinical suspicion is high, the patient should be commenced on high-dose corticosteroids immediately, since failure to act may cost the patient loss of vision.
Occasionally, associated septic arthritis is confirmed in patients who have been treated with intra-articular corticosteroids.
Occasionally the cause maybe inflammatory in nature, such as in giant-cell arteritis, and immediate treatment with corticosteroids can be sight- and life-saving.
Working memory is more sensitive than declarative memory to the acute effects of corticosteroids : a dose-response study in humans.
Mood and neuropsychological function in depression : the role of corticosteroids and serotonin.
Nowadays, increasing knowledge in immunological research has emphasized the importance of these mechanisms in the etiology of acute rheumatic fever, reinforcing the importance of the immunosuppressive action of corticosteroids.
Salivary corticosteroids in the study of adrenal function.
Deprivation of early maternal stress modulation is known to trigger an exaggerated release of corticosteroids upon exposure to novel experiences which, in adulthood, persists for a longer period of time.
Long-term outcomes after repeat doses of antenatal corticosteroids.
If the autoantibody is cold-reacting, avoidance of exposure to low temperatures is generally the most effective therapy, since corticosteroids and splenectomy are generally ineffective in chronic cold autoimmune haemolysis.
His is probably the last paper to describe the natural history of the disease, subsequent accounts being modified by the introduction of corticosteroids and their use for this condition.
Outcomes at 2 years of age after repeat doses of antenatal corticosteroids.
The acute affects of corticosteroids on cognition: integration of animal and human model studies.
Patients had to be on a stable or decreasing dose of corticosteroids for at least 14 days prior to randomization, and had to provide written informed consent to participate.
In conclusion, (with the limitations of historical controls), tacrolimus has clear advantages over cyclosporine for control of allografl rejection (fewer rejection episodes, less need for corticosteroids).
Multiple prenatal corticosteroids delay myelination in the ovine central nervous system.
Parasitic females in animals that are being treated with corticosteroids reverse their reduction of length and regain their maximum length, which is equivalent to that seen in nude rats.
The modulatory effects of corticosteroids on cognition : studies in young human populations.
Postnatal corticosteroids and sensorineural outcome at 5 years of age.
The manipulation of the immune response, and the administration of corticosteroids, may also have significant effects on the physiology, histology etc of the gut which may affect worm position.
Physiological changes in fish from stress in aquaculture with emphasis on the response and effects of corticosteroids.
Systemic corticosteroids for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Closed needle tidal-joint irrigation, repeated distention and irrigation of the joint with saline under local anaesthesia, using a large-bore needle, followed by intra-articular corticosteroids is sometimes useful.
Deprivation of early maternal stress modulation is known to trigger an exaggerated release of corticosteroids upon exposure to novel experiences which, in adulthood, persist for a longer period of time.
Perinatal corticosteroids: a review of research.
Memory facilitating and anti-amnesic effects of corticosteroids.
Corticosteroids are long-established medicines which are important in the treatment of many serious illnesses, and their overall benefits to patients outweigh their side-effects.
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