Preoperative high-dose glucocorticoids for early recovery after liver resection: randomized double-blinded trial.
K J SteinthorsdottirH N AwadaN A SchultzP N LarsenJ G HillingsøØ JansHenrik KehletEske Kvanner AasvangPublished in: BJS open (2021)
A high dose of preoperative glucocorticoids did not reduce acute postoperative complications after open liver resection compared with a standard dose. Registration number: NCT03403517 (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov); EudraCT 2017-002652-81 (https://eudract.ema.europa.eu/).
Keyphrases
- high dose
- patients undergoing
- phase iii
- stem cell transplantation
- low dose
- phase ii
- open label
- double blind
- liver failure
- clinical trial
- placebo controlled
- study protocol
- respiratory failure
- minimally invasive
- drug induced
- aortic dissection
- intensive care unit
- mechanical ventilation
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation