Why the study?
Does preoperative administration of glucocorticoids reduce complications and length of stay in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery?
Does preoperative administration of glucocorticoids reduce complications and length of stay in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery?
Preoperative glucocorticoids appear to reduce complications and length of stay following major abdominal surgery.
May support preoperative GCs in major abdominal surgery; leaves open need for confirmatory RCTs.
Preoperative administration of GCs decreases complications and LOS after major abdominal surgery as a likely consequence of attenuating the postsurgical inflammatory response. There is no evidence of increased complications in colorectal surgery.
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