Dexamethasone

Dexamethasone.

Plasma dexamethasone levels in children given the dexamethasone suppression test.

To determine whether children who demonstrate dexamethasone suppression test (DST) nonsuppression have lower plasma dexamethasone levels than DST suppressors, we administered the DST to 73 patients ranging in age from 5-14 years. Plasma dexamethasone levels and postdexamethasone cortisol levels were measured at 4:00 PM on day 2. We found: (1) DST nonsuppressors had significantly lower plasma de...

DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE Label

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Dexamethasone in bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

Dexamethasone is useful for the treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in premature infants and it is likely that its use will increase. Several side effects have been reported, including an increased incidence of infection. Because glucocorticoids are known to produce neutrophilia in adults (probably through a combination of increased release of neutrophils from the marrow, and prolongation o...

Dexamethasone in unexplained infertility.

OBJECTIVE To determine if dexamethasone could be a suitable option in the treatment of patients with unexplained infertility. METHODS This study was carried out in the Obstetrics Department of Amir University Hospital, Semnan, Iran, from April 2001 to May 2008. One hundred and twenty-four cases of unexplained infertility that underwent ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination (IUI) (...