Recommended dexamethasone dose for epidural administration: response to the comments of Koetsier
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2019-03
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Van Boxem, Koen
Rijsdijk, Mienke
Hans, Guy
de Jong, Jasper
Kallewaard, Jan Willem
Vissers, Kris
van Kleef, Maarten
Rathmell, James P
Van Zundert, Jan
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Abstract
We thank Koetsier for his comments. Indeed, the dose of dexamethasone may be a point of discussion. The authors ask to review the recommended dose of 10 mg based on the study of El Abd et al.1 where 15 mg is used for cervical transforaminal epidural injections and 20 mg for lumbar epidurals. This study has, however, as objective to study the immediate and acute adverse effects after transforaminal epidural steroid injections. In the paper no information is given on pain reduction and/or disability. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Dexamethasone, Epidural Space, Humans, Injections, Epidural, Pain, Taverne, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
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Van Boxem, K, Rijsdijk, M, Hans, G, de Jong, J, Kallewaard, J W, Vissers, K, van Kleef, M, Rathmell, J P & Van Zundert, J 2019, 'Recommended dexamethasone dose for epidural administration : response to the comments of Koetsier', Pain Practice, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 345-346. https://doi.org/10.1111/papr.12758