Drug Name Dose, Route and Mechanism of Indication Contraindication Side Effect Nursing Intervention

Generic or Brand Frequency Action

Name

Airway edema Glucocorticoid  Preterm  Hypersensitivity  Stomach upset  For systemic

 0.5-2 s both natural pregnancy to  Active untreated  Headache administration, do
mg/kg/day and synthetic accelerate infections  Dizziness not give drug to
orally/IV/IM are surfactant  Ophthalmic use in  Menstrual changes nursing mothers;
in 4 divided adrenocortical production viral  Trouble sleeping drug is secreted in
doses given steroids that
 Bronchopulm  Fungal disease of  Increased appetite breast
one day prior are readily
onary the eye  Weight gain  Warning: Give
to extubation absorbed from daily doses before
dysplasia
and continued the GI tract. 9AM to mimic
Glucocorticoid (BPD)
for one day normal peak
later s varied  Adrenal corticosteroids
Croup metabolic insufficiency blood levels
 0.6 effects, they  Croup
Dexamethsone mg/kg/day modify the  Acute
orally/IV/IM, body immune lymphoblasti
Max:16mg responses to c leukemia
Inflammation diverse  Raised
 0.08-0.03 stimuli. intracranial
mg/kg/day Naturally pressure
occurring
orally/IV/IM  Brain tumor
in 2-4 glucocorticoid
induced
divided s have sodium
retaining cerebral
doses edema
Meningitis properties and
are used as  Airway
 0.6m edema
replacement
mg/kg/day  Inflammation
therapy in
IV in 4
adrenocortical  Meningitis
divided
doses for 2-4
deficiency  Spinal cord
states. Their compression
days 10-20
synthetic  Adrenocortic
minutes
analogs, al
prior or
including
simultaneous hyperfunctio
 ly with dexamethason n test
antibiotic e, are
Brain tumor primarily used  Respiratory
induced cerebral for their anti- distress
edema inflammatory syndrome in
 1-2 doses, premature
mg/kg/IM/IV dexamethason infants
stat; e almost
Maintained completely
on 1-1.5 lacks the
mg/kg/day sodium-
orally/IV/IM retaining
in 4-6 divided property of
doses; hydrocortisone
Max:16
mg/day
Spinal cord
compression
 2
mg/kg/day in 4
divided doses
Adrenocortical
hyperfunction
test
 1mg orally at
bed time
Respiratory
distress
syndrome
 4 mg IM
thrice daily to
mother 2 days
prior to
delivery