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Table 1 Aggregate mortality results from 13 randomised trials of steroids in head injury published before 1997

From: The CRASH trial protocol (Corticosteroid randomisation after significant head injury) [74459797]

 

Steroid

Control

No. of patients

1,061

1,087

No. who died

396

422

 

(37%)

(39%)

  1. 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).
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BMC Emergency Medicine

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