Preoperative High Dose of Methylprednisolone Improves Early Postoperative Pulmonary Function, in Super-Obese Patients Undergoing Open Surgery; a Prospective, Comparative Study.
George SkroubisGeorge TheofanisCharalampos SpyropoulosAnastasia ZotouPetros ConstantinopoulosFotis KalfarentzosTheodore AlexandridesPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2016)
Preoperative administration of a single high dose of methylprednisolone in super-obese patients undergoing open surgery inhibits the inflammatory signaling cascade, lessens the systemic inflammatory response, and results in fewer pulmonary complications and better patient recovery.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- high dose
- minimally invasive
- stem cell transplantation
- low dose
- inflammatory response
- coronary artery bypass
- adipose tissue
- weight loss
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- pulmonary hypertension
- obese patients
- risk factors
- lipopolysaccharide induced
- lps induced
- bariatric surgery
- immune response
- acute coronary syndrome
- atrial fibrillation