Dexamethasone Is Associated With a Statistically Significant Increase in Postoperative Blood Glucose Levels Following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: Dexamethasone has the potential to cause a transient increase in blood glucose levels. Recent evidence has suggested the potential for a linearly increased risk of periprosthetic joint infection beginning at blood glucose levels of ≥115 mg/dL and an optimal cutoff of 137 mg/dL. We design...

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Autores principales: Volkmar, Alexander J., Schultz, Jacob D., Rickert, Mariel M., Polkowski, Gregory G., Engstrom, Stephen M., Martin, J. Ryan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9823113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36624747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2022.101076