TY - GEN AU - Pérez-Bárcena, Jon AU - Castano-Leon, Ana Maria AU - Lagares Gomez-Abascal, Alfonso AU - Barea-Mendoza, Jesus Abelardo AU - Navarro Main, Blanca AU - Pomar Pons, Jaume AU - Periáñez Párraga, Leonor AU - Ibáñez Domínguez, Javier Angel AU - Chico-Fernandez, Mario AU - Llompart-Pou, Juan Antonio AU - Frontera-Juan, Guillem AU - DEXCON TBI Trial Collaborators PY - 2021 DO - 10.1097/MD.0000000000024206 SN - 0025-7974 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/23226 AB - Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) constitutes a leading cause of death and disability. Patients with TBI and cerebral contusions developing pericontusional edema are occasionally given dexamethasone on the belief that this edema is similar to... LA - eng PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) KW - Brain contusions KW - Dexamethasone KW - Pericontusional edema KW - Traumatic brain injury KW - Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic KW - Prospective Studies KW - Outcome Assessment, Health Care KW - Brain Edema KW - Humans KW - Brain Contusion KW - Anti-Inflammatory Agents KW - Dexamethasone KW - Double-Blind Method TI - Dexamethasone for the treatment of traumatic brain injured patients with brain contusions and pericontusional edema Study protocol for a prospective, randomized and double blind trial TY - research article ER -