Does single, low-dose preoperative dexamethasone improve outcomes after colorectal surgery based on an enhanced recovery protocol? Double-blind, randomized clinical trial

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-167

  Kirdak, Turkay ^a   Yilmazlar, Aysun ^a   Cavun, Sinan ^a   Ercan, Ilker ^a   Yilmazlar, Tuncay ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COLON; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40949107237     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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