Steroids are not indicated in treatment of ?
Hypercalcemia
Respiratory distress
Intraventricular hemorrage
Enterocolitis
Ans. is 'c' i.e., Intraventricular heamorrhage o Coicoids afford symptomatic relief in advanced malignancies by improving appetite and controlling secondary hypercalcaemia. o Coicosteroids benefit aspiration pneumonia and pulmonary edema from drowning (respiratory distress). o Coicoids can be used in the treatment of enterocolitis (ulcerative colitis). o Coicoids can be used in cerebral edema due to tumors and tubercular meningitis. Their value in traumatic and poststroke cerebral edema (including intraventricular hemorrhage) is questionable.