Jorinde Aw Polderman, Violet Farhang-Razi, Susan Van Dieren, Peter Kranke, J Hans DeVries, Markus W Hollmann, Benedikt Preckel, Jeroen Hermanides
BACKGROUND: In the perioperative period, dexamethasone is widely and effectively used for prophylaxis of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), for pain management, and to facilitate early discharge after ambulatory surgery.Long-term treatment with steroids has many side effects, such as adrenal insufficiency, increased infection risk, hyperglycaemia, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, and development of diabetes mellitus. However, whether a single steroid load during surgery has negative effects during the postoperative period has not yet been studied...
August 28, 2018: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews