Preoperative glucocorticoid administration attenuates the systemic stress response and hyperglycemia after surgical trauma in the rat

Abstract The stress response to surgery is characterized by activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the sympathetic nervous system, and by an inflammatory response and hyperglycemia. The aim of the present study was to investigate if preoperative corticosterone could reduce the pos...

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Veröffentlicht in:Metabolism, clinical and experimental clinical and experimental, 2009-04, Vol.58 (4), p.449-455
Hauptverfasser: Hager, Peter, Permert, Johan, Wikström, Ann-Charlotte, Herrington, Margery K, Östenson, Claes-Göran, Strömmer, Lisa
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