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Medicine: dexamethasone
Prescribing competence required for Year 6Indication(s):
inflammatory disease, steroid deficiency, foetal lung maturation
inflammatory disease, steroid deficiency, foetal lung maturation
Mechanism(s):
anti-inflammatory corticosteroid
Associated Scenario(s):
[Adrenal crisis], [Obesity], [Secondary hypertension], [Chronic shortness of breath], [Child with respiratory distress], [Adrenal crisis], [Adult eczema], [Headache, morning stiffness and shoulder pain], [Hip fracture], [Itching child], [Sudden loss of vision and headache], [Sudden onset shortness of breath]
[Adrenal crisis], [Obesity], [Secondary hypertension], [Chronic shortness of breath], [Child with respiratory distress], [Adrenal crisis], [Adult eczema], [Headache, morning stiffness and shoulder pain], [Hip fracture], [Itching child], [Sudden loss of vision and headache], [Sudden onset shortness of breath]
