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Aggregate mortality results from 13 randomised trials of steroids in head injury published before 1997 |
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| Steroid |
Control |
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| No. of patients |
1,061 |
1,087 |
| No. who died |
396 |
422 |
| (37%) |
(39%) |
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Absolute benefit of steroids 2%, indicating 1 death prevented for every 50 patients treated: but these previous trial results are also statistically compatible with there being no real benefit at all (or even a small hazard). | ||
The CRASH trial management group for the CRASH trial collaborators BMC Emergency Medicine 2001 1:1 doi:10.1186/1471-227X-1-1 |
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