Dexamethasone for the prevention of postpericardiotomy syndrome: A DExamethasone for Cardiac Surgery substudy

Conclusion: In patients undergoing valvular cardiac surgery, high-dose dexamethasone treatment had no protective effect on the occurrence of PPS or complicated PPS.

Source: American Heart Journal - April 7, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jeroen J.H. Bunge, Dirk van Osch, Jan M. Dieleman, Kirolos A. Jacob, Jolanda Kluin, Diederik van Dijk, Hendrik M. Nathoe, Dexamethasone for Cardiac Surgery (DECS) Study Group Tags: Surgery Source Type: research