Beneficial effect of intravenous dexamethasone in children with mild to moderately severe acute chest syndrome complicating sickle cell disease

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Acute Chest Syndrome 100%
• Sickle Cell Anemia 71%
• Dexamethasone 60%
• Child 28%
• Length of Stay 16%
• Blood Transfusion 13%
• Oxygen 10%
• Placebos 10%
• Clinical Deterioration 9%
• Glucocorticoids 6%
• Opioid Analgesics 6%
• Analgesics 6%
• Adrenal Cortex Hormones 5%
• Linear Models 5%
• Fever 5%
• Hospitalization 5%
• Regression Analysis 4%
• Anti-Bacterial Agents 4%
• Therapeutics 4%
• Demography 4%

Chemical Compounds

• Dexamethasone 83%
• Dose 14%
• Glucocorticoid 12%
• Adrenal Cortex Hormone 11%
• Analgesic 10%
• Dioxygen 9%
• Antimicrobial Agent 6%
• Length 5%