Perioperative stress dose steroids: Do they make a difference?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 678-686

  Brown, Carl J ^a   Buie, W Donald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL STRESS;

EID: 0035193486     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(01)01052-3     Document Type: Review

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