4 presented 3, and Greenaway and Read 3 4 fatal ... Gram stain of the fluid was negative. Treatment of cerebral edema was started during the 16th hour after admission, consisting of mannitol ...

Corticosteroids decrease brain edema. In central nervous system tumors ... concentrations of glucocorticoid receptors in certain types of brain tumors (Yu et al., 1981). Tumors that respond ...