Preoperative steroid therapy stabilizes postoperative respiratory conditions in myasthenia gravis

Objective We reviewed our experience from 1990 to 2005 to examine whether control of myasthenia gravis (MG) with steroid therapy before surgery could stabilize postoperative respiratory conditions, compared with the nonsteroid treatment. Methods Records of 43 consecutive patients with MG who underwe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2008-03, Vol.56 (3), p.114-118
Hauptverfasser:	Kaneda, Hiroyuki, Saito, Yukihito, Saito, Tomohito, Maniwa, Tomohiro, Minami, Ken-ichiro, Kusaka, Hirohumi, Imamura, Hiroji
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Ambenonium Chloride - therapeutic use Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Cholinesterase Inhibitors - therapeutic use Combined Modality Therapy Female Humans Logistic Models Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Myasthenia gravis Myasthenia Gravis - drug therapy Myasthenia Gravis - prevention & control Myasthenia Gravis - surgery Original Article Prednisolone - administration & dosage Preoperative Care Respiratory failure Respiratory Insufficiency - prevention & control Retrospective Studies Steroids Surgery Surgical Oncology Thoracic Surgery Thymectomy
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