Esteroides e infección en trauma craneoencefálico

Juan Antonio Becerra Suárez; Felipe Checa Hurtado; Daniel Fernando Ojeda Ojeda

doi:10.31260/RepertMedCir.v20.n2.2011.684

Infectious complications in steroid recipients for CNS trauma

Esteroides e infección en trauma craneoencefálico

Published 2011-06-01

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2011): April - June

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Becerra Suárez, J. A., Checa Hurtado, F., & Ojeda Ojeda, D. F. (2011). Infectious complications in steroid recipients for CNS trauma. Journal of Medicine and Surgery Repertoire, 20(2), 111-115. https://doi.org/10.31260/RepertMedCir.v20.n2.2011.684

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Juan Antonio Becerra Suárez

Felipe Checa Hurtado

Daniel Fernando Ojeda Ojeda

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central nervous system trauma

infection

steroids

mortality

This descriptive retrospective study sought to assess the frequency of infectious complications in steroid recipients for central nervous system (CNS) trauma. A sample of 153 patients was collected and demographic variables (age, gender, mortality) and clinical features (infection, steroid use) were obtained from medical records. Results did not evidence an increase in the frequency of infectious complications in patients treated with steroids for CNS trauma.

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