Perioperative “stress dose” of corticosteroid: Pharmacological and clinical perspective
Various exogenous steroid preparations have been in use for a wide range of indications. We, as an anesthesiologist often encounters a surgical patient receiving chronic steroid therapy. Perioperative use of steroid is associated with major complications such as full-blown adrenal crisis in the peri...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2019;volume=35;issue=2;spage=147;epage=152;aulast=Chilkoti |