title: Steroids after cardiac arrest: a retrospective study with concurrent, nonrandomized controls.
abstract: We retrospectively examined the effect of steroid treatment on the outcome of 458 consecutive patients admitted after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Of those given steroids, 128/213 (60%) regained consciousness, and of those not given steroids, 150/245 (61%) regained consciousness. Findings remained unchanged using logistic regression to adjust for differences in the two treatment groups. These results suggest that there is no role for steroids in the treatment of global brain ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Grafton
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Longstreth
mesh_terms: D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids