TY - JOUR
T1 - Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone for Spinal Trauma
AU - Hall, Edward D.
AU - Braughler, J. Mark
AU - Faden, Alan I.
AU - Jacobs, Thomas P.
AU - Holaday, John W.
PY - 1982/2/18
Y1 - 1982/2/18
N2 - To the Editor: The results of Faden et al. with dexamethasone treatment for spinal trauma (October 29 issue1) are at odds with the results obtained in at least three other laboratories in the past 12 years. In addition, two more recent studies (not cited by Faden et al.) of the efficacy of a glucocorticoid (methylprednisolone) for induced blunt trauma to the spinal cord2 , 3 have suggested the need for steroid doses that are much higher than those used by previous investigators or by Faden et al. Most impressive are the results of Means et al.,3 who have shown that cats. . .
AB - To the Editor: The results of Faden et al. with dexamethasone treatment for spinal trauma (October 29 issue1) are at odds with the results obtained in at least three other laboratories in the past 12 years. In addition, two more recent studies (not cited by Faden et al.) of the efficacy of a glucocorticoid (methylprednisolone) for induced blunt trauma to the spinal cord2 , 3 have suggested the need for steroid doses that are much higher than those used by previous investigators or by Faden et al. Most impressive are the results of Means et al.,3 who have shown that cats. . .
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198202183060718
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198202183060718
M3 - Letter
C2 - 6799827
AN - SCOPUS:0020064722
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 306
SP - 429
EP - 430
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 7
ER -