SGEM#79: Tommy Can you Hear Me (Steroids for Bacterial Meningitis)

Studi estratti dal podcast di Dr. Ken Milne

• 2013Corticosteroids for acute bacterial meningitis (Cochrane systematic review)Infection & AntimicrobialsIn 4121 children and adults with acute bacterial meningitis, adjunctive corticosteroids reduced hearing loss and neurological sequelae, but not mortality, versus placebo.
• 2007Corticosteroids for acute bacterial meningitis (Cochrane Review)Infection & AntimicrobialsIn2750 patients with acute bacterial meningitis across 18 trials,adjuvant corticosteroidsloweredcase fatality and severe hearing losscompared withplacebo.