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steroids for chronic subdurals?
#1
insights?  common at your institution?
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#2
the steroids essentially decrease membrane formation, decreasing possible rate of further accumulation.

Generally, if the scan is nonoperative you can do steroids.
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#3
Never done or seen it at the hospitals we rotate at
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#4
never
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#5
There is some literature on it...mostly from European institutions.
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#6
We typically do it for nonoperative but larger ones with some of the staff but not all. As you can see here its controversial. At a big name institution.
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#7
"steroids" is a weird way to spell "SEPS drain"...
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#8
According to JAMA a statin will suffice
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(01-03-2020, 02:29 PM)drstrange Wrote: "steroids" is a weird way to spell "SEPS drain"...

aka sucks drain....
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#10
one of staff does steroids and statins. voodoo at this stage. have to weigh the risks from side effects and comorbidities, lots of old sick gomers don't do well them.
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