Integrating outcome benefit into anesthetic design: The promise of steroids and statins

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 880-884

  Augoustides, John G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute renal injury; anesthesia guidelines; atrial fibrillation; bleeding; cardiac surgery; cardiopulmonary bypass; clinical outcomes; clinical trials registry; corticosteroid deficiency; delirium; dialysis; etomidate; intensive care unit; length of stay; mortality; rheumatic valve disease; sepsis; septic shock; statins; steroids; stroke; transfusion; valvular surgery; vascular surgery; ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ETOMIDATE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; KETAMINE; METHOHEXITAL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENAL PROTECTION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC VALVULAR STENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STEROID THERAPY; STROKE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANESTHESIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 80053544102     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2011.06.019     Document Type: Review

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