Perioperative "stress dose" of corticosteroid: Pharmacological and clinical perspective

• Auteurs principaux: Geetanjali T Chilkoti (Auteur), Anshul Singh (Auteur), Medha Mohta (Auteur), Ashok Kumar Saxena (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
• Accès en ligne: Connect to this object online.

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...