Journal article
The Effect of Steroids in Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass: An Individual Patient Meta-Analysis of Two Randomized Trials
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Steroids suppress the inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass, but the impact on death at 30 days, myocardial infarction or injury, stroke, renal failure, respiratory failure, new atrial fibrillation, transfusion requirement, infection, and length of intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital stays are uncertain.
DESIGN: Patient-level data meta-analysis of 2 randomized trials.
Authors
Whitlock RP; Dieleman JM; Belley-Cote E; Vincent J; Zhang M; Devereaux PJ; Kalkman CJ; van Dijk D; Yusuf S
Journal
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 99–105
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2020
DOI
10.1053/j.jvca.2019.06.012
ISSN
1053-0770