A 10 Year Retrospective Observational Study on The Utility and Prescription Standards of Dexamethasone in Pediatric Neuro-oncosurgery in a Tertiary Care Centre.

Running Title: 10 Year Assessment of Dexamethasone Use in Pediatric CNS Tumors

Anutra Chumbala Na Ayudhaya, BMedSci (Hons.),¹ Scott R. Morrison, MBChB, BMedSci (Hons.),² Chandrasekaran Kaliaperumal, MBBS, DipMedEd, FEBNS, FRCSI, FRCSEd (Neurosurgery),³ Pasquale Gallo, MD.³

¹Medical Student, The University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland. ²Foundation Trainee, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, Scotland. ³Consultant Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Corresponding Author: Anutra Chumbala Na Ayudhaya, Medical Student, The University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Corresponding Author’s Email: S1609000@sms.ed.ac.uk

Acknowledgements and Disclosures: This work received no funding from any public or private body. No conflicts of interest are declared for any of the authors.