Systemic Effects of Perineural Glucocorticoids on Fasting Serum Glucose, Potassium, and White Blood Cell Count in Total Hip Arthroplasty

CONCLUSION: Patients who underwent THA and received PAI+PNB with glucocorticoid adjuvants demonstrated higher elevations in serum glucose for the first two PODs compared to patients who received PAI alone. These differences resolved by a third POD and are likely to be of no clinical significance.PMID:36846205 | PMC:PMC9946012 | DOI:10.2147/JPR.S395336

Source: Cell Research - February 27, 2023 Category: Cytology Authors: Avijit Sharma Feng Dai Lanya Tseng Philip R Effraim Bin Zhou Robert B Schonberger Jinlei Li Source Type: research