Steroids for Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Clinical Update

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Jul;33(7):2039-2045. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.11.023. Epub 2018 Nov 19.

Authors

Jack H Crawford¹, Matthew M Townsley²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. Electronic address: mtowns@uab.edu.

PMID: 30595483
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.11.023

No abstract available

Keywords: Corticosteroids; cardiopulmonary bypass; systemic inflammatory response.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Child
Glucocorticoids / pharmacology*
Humans
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*

Substances

Glucocorticoids