Intraoperative high-dose dexamethasone for cardiac surgery: A randomized controlled trial

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1761-1767

  Dieleman, Jan M ^a   Nierich, Arno P ^b   Rosseel, Peter M ^c   Van Der Maaten, Joost M ^d   Hofland, Jan ^e   Diephuis, Jan C ^f   Schepp, Ronald M ^g   Boer, Christa ^h   Moons, Karel G ^a   Van Herwerden, Lex A ^a   Tijssen, Jan G ⁱ   Numan, Sandra C ^a   Kalkman, Cor J ^a   Van Dijk, Diederik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^g MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84868311883     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.14144     Document Type: Article

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