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Does daytime dexamethasone combined with nighttime midazolam/diazepam prevent steroid-induced insomnia in a patient requiring steroids for bowel obstruction?
Case Report (n=1)
Does daytime dexamethasone combined with nighttime midazolam/diazepam prevent steroid-induced insomnia in a patient requiring steroids for bowel obstruction?
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Appropriate timing of steroid administration and use of nighttime sedatives can prevent severe steroid-induced insomnia and hypomania.
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David Sloan (1993) conducted a case report in Bowel obstruction and steroid-induced insomnia (n=1). Daytime dexamethasone and nighttime midazolam/diazepam was evaluated on Resolution of bowel obstruction and prevention of insomnia/hypomania.
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