Let’s look specifically at dexamethasone, a common corticosteroid in emergency medicine, and use current research to describe what the drug does and look at select situations in prehospital care ...

Objectives To assess the clinical efficacy of Dexamethasone (D.) i.v. in gouty arthritis refractory to NSAIDs and to compare it with Prednisolone (P.) i.v. in equivalent doses. Methods We performed a ...

It is postulated that immunomodulation with the corticosteroid, dexamethasone, could improve outcomes by reducing brain swelling. However, there are concerns (so far not observed) that such ...