Evaluation of Dexamethasone in Treating Acute Cerebral Stroke
CHEN Ning
BI Hongye
WU Di
Abstract：Objective: To evaluate the effect of glucocorticoid on the treatment of acute cerebral stroke. Methods: Seventy-six patients with acute cerebral infarction were randomly divided into two treatment groups which included the group of intravenous infusion with dexamethasone 10 mg, Xuesaitong 0.4 g, and sodium citicoline 0.5 g Qd,and the group without dexamethasone treatment. Results: The infarction area enlarged on CT scan and the deficits of neural function accelerated in dexamethasone group. There was no change on CT scan and no neural function deterioration in patients without dexamethasone treatment. Conclusion:Side effect is obtained with the early use of dexamethasone for the treatment of acute ischemic cerebral stroke.
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Publication Date：2001-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 214-216 )