Use of dexamethasone in cerebral malaria.
In a man who had been in a coma for 24 hours with cerebral malaria dexamethasone had a dramatic, and probably life-saving, effect. We believe dexamethasone should be given routinely, together with antimalarial therapy, to patients with cerebral malaria.
D000328:Adult; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003128:Coma / Q000188:drug therapy; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male
D003907:Dexamethasone; D002738:Chloroquine