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1.はじめに
脳浮腫は,脳腫瘍,脳血管障害,頭部外傷頭蓋内炎症性疾患などの種々の病態に際してみられ,これに対する対策のいかんはその原疾患の予後を大きく左右する。この脳浮腫に対しマニトール,グリセロールなどの脱水剤とともに広く副腎皮質ステロイド剤が使用されている。
副腎皮質ステロイドが脳神経外科臨床に導入された初期の報告には,1954年Russek15)の脳塞栓,脳血栓に対するCortisoneの効果,1957年に乳癌の脳転移にPre—donisoloneが著効を示すとのKofmanらの報告8),1961年にGalicich2)の脳腫瘍に伴つた脳浮腕に対するデキサメサゾンの有効例の報告,そして1962年Rasmussen16)の術後脳浮腫に対するステロイドの臨床効果の報告などがある。さらにわが国においては,翌1963年,佐野,畠中17)によりステロイドの有効性が実験的に証明されて以来,種々の副腎皮質ステロイドが広く使用されるようになつた。
Using RIA technique, response patterns of ACTH-adrenocortical system to short term large dose corticosteroid therapy for neurosurgical patients were investigated.
The subjects were consisted of 20 males and 13 females, ageing ranging from 10 to 60 years old. The subjects were devided into three groups ac-cording to mode of steroid administration.
In the first group, 12 mg/day of betamethasone were administered for 5 days and cancelled without gradual reduction.
In the second group, 12 mg/day of betamethasone were administered for 4 days and 6 mg/day of betamethasone were given for following 2 days.
In the third group, 12 mg/day of betamethasone were administered for 3 days and gradual reductioncf betamethasone was given for following 4-5 days.
Response of plasma cortisol level to synthetic 18-ACTH were measured in all patients for 3 days after betamethasone administration cancelled.
The results led to the following conclusion.
1) The second and third groups had not any clinical symptom after steroid cancelled, but one half cases of the first group had mild headache, nausea for 2 days after cancelled.
2) Recovery process of adrenocortical function in the second group is most rapidly, compared with that in other two groups.
3) In the postoperative steroid therapy in neuro-surgery, it could be concluded that 4 days massive administration of steroid followed by stepwise reduction in 2 days would be functionally well tolerated by adrenocortical system.
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