BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) complicates up to 60% of patients after cardiac
surgery. Current prophylactic measures are inadequate. Corticosteroids down-regulate …

Background The modulation of perioperative inflammation seems crucial to improve
postoperative morbidity and cancer-related outcomes in patients undergoing oncological …

Critically ill patients with severe systemic inflammation can develop critical illness-related
corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI), which is associated with a poor outcome. A task force of …

It has been more than 60 years since the introduc-tion of glucocorticoid therapy as an
effective treatment for patients with inflammatory process. Although glu-cocorticoid therapy …

Objective: To measure the effects of glucocorticoids on the systemic inflammatory response
and clinical recovery after cardiac surgery. Design: Randomized, prospective, double-blind …

Objective To investigate the prescription rate of short-term systemic use of glucocorticoids
during hospitalization in patients with cardiogenic shock (CS), and outcomes related with …

Introduction Resectional surgery remains the mainstay of treatment for colorectal cancer. A
heightened postoperative systemic inflammatory response has been shown to correlate …

OBJECTIVES: To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the efficacy and
safety of corticosteroids in patients with sepsis. DATA SOURCES: We searched PubMed …

Although corticosteroids have been used for more than 30 years in the context of
extracorporeal circulation, there is an ongoing debate about the benefits of their routine …

Prophylactic intra‐operative administration of dexamethasone may improve short‐term
clinical outcomes in cardiac surgical patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate long …