Peri-operative adrenocortical response to low-dose (1 μg) ACTH and relation to postoperative complications in patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery

Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-99

  Brander, Lukas ^a   Haltmeier, Tobias ^a   Suter, Anna ^a   Studer, Peter ^a   Inderbitzin, Daniel ^a   Candinas, Daniel ^a   Vogt, Andreas ^a   Henzen, Christoph ^b   Takala, Jukka ^a   Jakob, Stephan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL STRESS;

ABDOMEN; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67349138218     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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