Dexamethasone and postoperative hyperglycemia in diabetics undergoing elective hip or knee arthroplasty: a case control study in 238 patients

BACKGROUND: Dexamethasone has been routinely used in the pre-operative setting to enhance analgesia and decrease the incidence of nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing primary arthroplasty. However, dexamethasone has the potential to increase blood glucose levels postoperatively, which is a kno...

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Autores principales: O’Connell, Robert S., Clinger, Bryce N., Donahue, Erin E., Celi, Francesco S., Golladay, Gregory J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6217772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30410577
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-018-0178-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6217772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30410577
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-018-0178-9

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