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Dexamethasone blunts postspinal hypotension in geriatric patients undergoing orthopedic surgery: a double blind, placebo-controlled study

BACKGROUND: Post-spinal anesthesia (PSA) hypotension in elderly patients is challenging. Correction of PSA hypotension by fluids either colloids or crystalloids or by vasoconstrictors pose the risk of volume overload or compromising cardiac conditions. Dexamethasone is used to treat conditions manif...

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Autores principales: Ashoor, Tarek M., Hussien, Noha S., Anis, Sherif G., Esmat, Ibrahim M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7798187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33430772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-021-01232-w