Steroids Improve Hemodynamics in Infants With Adrenal Insufficiency After Cardiac Surgery

Objective To investigate whether steroid replacement therapy improved hemodynamics in infants after surgery for congenital heart disease only when they develop adrenal insufficiency. The authors retrospectively investigated adrenal function and evaluated hemodynamic responses to steroid replacement...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 2016-08, Vol.30 (4), p.936-941
Hauptverfasser: Maeda, Takuma, MD, Takeuchi, Muneyuki, MD, PhD, Tachibana, Kazuya, MD, PhD, Nishida, Tomoyo, MD, PhD, Kagisaki, Koji, MD, Imanaka, Hideaki, MD, PhD
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Zusammenfassung:Objective To investigate whether steroid replacement therapy improved hemodynamics in infants after surgery for congenital heart disease only when they develop adrenal insufficiency. The authors retrospectively investigated adrenal function and evaluated hemodynamic responses to steroid replacement therapy in infants after surgery for congenital heart disease. Design Retrospective, cohort study. Setting Intensive care unit in the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Hospital in Japan. Patients Thirty-two neonates and infants
ISSN:1053-0770
1532-8422
DOI:10.1053/j.jvca.2015.11.025