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Studies find potential risks associated with antenatal steroids
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers investigated the potential health risks for infants of giving steroid drugs to women who are at risk of premature birth.
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Intravenous, periarticular corticosteroids improve rehabilitation measures
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A combination of intravenous and periarticular corticosteroids did not enhance pain control in patients having total knee arthroplasty (TKA), but may improve important measures of functional recovery in the days after surgery, according to a study.
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Researchers find how hydrocortisone improve treatment of septic shock
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Sepsis is a global health problem, impacting 55 million patients and killing 11 million people each year. Sepsis treatment may include early detection, source management, antibiotics, fluids, vasopressors, and adjuvant therapy. For more than 50 years, corticosteroids have been studied as an
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Antibiotics should not be used unless there is clinical suspicion of bacte
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"Antibiotics should not be used unless there is clinical suspicion of bacterial infection. The possibility of coinfection of COVID-19 with other endemic infections must be considered. Systemic corticosteroids are not indicated in mild disease," revised guidelines said.
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Study: Corticosteroid injections worsen knee osteoarthritis
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a study, corticosteroid injections association the advancement of the illness that compared injections widely used to treat the pain of knee osteoarthritis.
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WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 14 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) Guideline Development Group recommended the use of two arthritis drugs called baricitinib and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in combination with corticosteroids to treat patients with severe or critical COVID-19, on Friday.
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New method identifies which asthma patients respond to systemic corticoste
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 20 (ANI): With help from a dozen clinical variables, researchers have been able to identify using machine learning techniques, which of their patients with severe asthma are likely to benefit from treatment with systemic corticosteroids -- and which might only suff
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New genetic find offers hope for asthma sufferers
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): A new study has offered fresh hope for asthma sufferers by identifying a genetic variant that could improve the safety and effectiveness of corticosteroids, drugs that are used to treat a range of common and rare conditions including asthma, and chronic ob
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