Perioperative steroids administration in pediatric cardiac surgery: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 435-442

  Scrascia, Giuseppe ^a   Rotunno, Crescenzia ^a   Guida, Pietro ^a   Amorese, Lillà ^a   Polieri, Debora ^b   Codazzi, Daniela ^c   Paparella, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgical procedures; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Hospital mortality; Inflammation; Postoperative complications; Steroids

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE VOLUME; WOUND INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; TIME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902238768     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000128     Document Type: Article

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