Steroids use in pediatric cardiac surgery: More questions

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 503-504

  Brunow De Carvalho, Werther ^a   Fonseca, Marcelo Cunio Machado ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Corticosteroids; Infants; Intensive care medicine; Postoperative care; Systemic inflammatory response

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; PLACEBO; STEROID;

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CELL FUNCTION; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PEPTIC ULCER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; BUDESONIDE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LUNG; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 34548680715     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000282164.16664.5D     Document Type: Editorial

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