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Intraoperative dexamethasone and its effect on delirium after cardiac surgery could not be evaluated because the provided text contains unrelated conference abstracts.
Why the study?
Does intraoperative administration of dexamethasone reduce the incidence of delirium in the first four postoperative days in patients after cardiac surgery?
Does intraoperative administration of dexamethasone reduce the incidence of delirium in the first four postoperative days in patients after cardiac surgery?
Cannot guide dexamethasone use to prevent post-cardiac surgery delirium; leaves open efficacy in dedicated RCTs.
The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of intraoperative administration of dexamethasone versus placebo on the incidence of delirium in the first four postoperative days after cardiac surgery.
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Sauër et al. (2013) studied this question. Intraoperative dexamethasone and its effect on delirium after cardiac surgery could not be evaluated because the provided text contains unrelated conference abstracts.
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