Methylprednisolone does not reduce persistent pain after cardiac surgery

Anesthesiology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1404-1410

  Turan, Alparslan ^a   Belley Cote, Emilie P ^b   Vincent, Jessica ^b   Sessler, Daniel I ^a   Devereaux, Philip J ^b   Yusuf, Salim ^b   Van Oostveen, Rachel ^b   Cordova, Gustavo ^b   Yared, Jean Pierre ^a   Yu, Hai ^c   Legare, Jean Francois ^d   Royse, Alistair ^e   Rochon, Antoine ^f   Nasr, Vivian ^a   Ayad, Sabry ^a   Quantz, Mackenzie ^g   Lamy, Andre ^b   Whitlock, Richard P ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHRONOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN SEVERITY; PERSISTENT INCISIONAL PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SEX RATIO; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FOLLOW UP; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947492478     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000915     Document Type: Article

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