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Steroids in Trauma

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#1 ·
can steroids be given in head trauma.mtb 3 says steroids are conservative management for SDH.so is it only chronic subdural hemmorage?mtb3 also says steroids have no role in head trauma patients .does this refer to acute trauma?:confused:
 
#3 ·
Steroids do not benefit in intracranial bleeding, they decrease edema around MASS lesions. You hyperventilate and mannitol as a BRIDGE to surgery, because hyperventilation briefly slows the herniation.
Hyperventilation has a very short term efficacy and is probably ineffective after 24 hours.

Source: MTB CK and Kaplan notes.
 
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