In: Dexamethasone, Out: Prednisone – Emergency Medicine Literature of Note
Move over ketamine and TXA, there's another medication gradually approaching do-it-all darling status in Emergency Medicine: dexamethasone. Sore throats? Croup? Headaches? Non-specific aches? Well, yes to all of the above, in the appropriate clinical context – But, most prominently, as featured in this brief report, for asthma – particularly childhood asthma. It's NHAMCS – so…