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Corticosteroids for managing tuberculous meningitis

  1. Kameshwar Prasad*,
  2. Mamta B Singh

Editorial Group: Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group

Published Online: 21 JAN 2009

Assessed as up-to-date: 13 NOV 2007

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002244.pub3

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Prasad K, Singh MB. Corticosteroids for managing tuberculous meningitis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD002244. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002244.pub3.

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  1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Neurology, New Delhi, India

*Kameshwar Prasad, Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansarinagar, New Delhi, 110029, India. drkameshwarprasad@yahoo.co.in.

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  1. Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 21 JAN 2009

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[Figure 1]
Figure 1. Funnel plot of risk ratio (RR) from the included trials with the log of their standard error (SE)
[Analysis 1.1]
Analysis 1.1. Comparison 1 Any corticosteroid vs control, Outcome 1 Death.
[Analysis 1.2]
Analysis 1.2. Comparison 1 Any corticosteroid vs control, Outcome 2 Death or disabling residual neurological deficit.
[Analysis 2.1]
Analysis 2.1. Comparison 2 Any corticosteroid vs control: stratified by severity, Outcome 1 Death.
[Analysis 3.1]
Analysis 3.1. Comparison 3 Any corticosteroid vs control: stratified by HIV status, Outcome 1 Death.
[Analysis 3.2]
Analysis 3.2. Comparison 3 Any corticosteroid vs control: stratified by HIV status, Outcome 2 Death or disabling residual neurological deficit.
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