Hyperglycemia in patients administered dexamethasone for craniotomy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1129-1133

  Lukins, Michael B ^a   Manninen, Pirjo H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISATRACURIUM; DESFLURANE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; FENTANYL; MANNITOL; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 15544385629     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000146943.45445.55     Document Type: Article

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