The glucocorticoid dexamethasone (Dex ... The dose and duration of the treatment was based on a 21-d tapering course of Dex (starting dose, 0.5 mg/kg) to prevent or reduce chronic lung disease ...

Objectives To evaluate the 2-year clinical effectiveness of two gradual tapering strategies. The first strategy consisted of tapering the conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs ...

By Saturday night, snow will taper off in the mountains, and by Sunday afternoon, conditions will be dry for the Front Range and metro Denver. This weekend, temperatures will be cold for Denver and ...

Ann E. Nahaczewski, PharmD RPh , is a clinical pharmacist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. Susan B. Fowler, PhD RN CNRN , is clinical outcomes manager at Somerset ...

As with dexamethasone, you typically take a standard dosage for one week, followed by a gradually decreasing dosage as you taper off. It’s important to note that corticosteroids aren’t ...

Taper’s Choice served as the house band for Relix Magazine‘s 50th birthday party on Wednesday evening at New York’s Brooklyn Bowl. Working in concert with the Relix team, the band raised ...

Upon discharge, he was prescribed a 6-day dexamethasone taper to 1 mg per day to continue until outpatient follow up. Per patient preference, stereotactic debulking of the lesion was scheduled for 5 ...

A healthy adult produces about 10–20 mg of cortisol daily, most of which is bound to corticosteroid-binding globulin, whereas exogenously administered dexamethasone is largely bound to albumin ...

This policy paper sets out a mechanism for improving the progressivity, efficiency and revenue raising potential of income taxes in the UK. It proposes a major reform of the current system, with two ...