Limiting myocardial cell injury during cardiopulmonary bypass: Are steroids the answer?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1877-1879

  Fenton, Kimberly E ^a   Dalton, Heidi J ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO; STEROID; TROPONIN I;

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DEXAMETHASONE; HUMANS; INFANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREMEDICATION; TROPONIN I;

EID: 0038805587     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000065781.27479.38     Document Type: Editorial

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