We discussed this; Rx dexamethasone for the reasons you suggest.
Robert Forrest
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Freemantle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 25 June 1999 01:25
> To: Robert Forrest; ACB List
> Subject: Re: Urgent TFT's
>
>
> > The neurosurgeon listening in (whom I was a neuro SHO with more
> years ago
> > than I care to remember) reply was "Give her a shot of steroids and MRI
> her
> > head urgently". Fine if you get the bloods off before giving the
> steroids.
> >> Robert Forrest
> >
> What steriods are given routinely in these cases - dexamethazone (which
> does not cross react in most cortisol assays) or cortisone? If
> dexamethazone had been given in the ER blood collected soon after would
> still be useful for cortisol analysis.
>
> Michael Freemantle
> Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology
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