Preoperative high dose methylprednisolone improves patients outcome after abdominal surgery

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 165, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 971-978

  Nagelschmidt, Manfred ^a   Fu, Zhong X ^b   Saad, Stefan ^a   Dimmeler, Stefanie ^c   Neugebauer, Edmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breathing capacity; Convalescence; Fatigue; Glucocorticoid; Hospital stay; Incisional hernia; Intra abdominal surgery; Pain; Stress response

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREMEDICATION; STRESS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032742755     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241599750008107     Document Type: Article

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