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Published on: January 6, 2011
Steroids and the surgical patient
1Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Diseases, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. serge.jabbour@mail.tju.edu
Abstract:
In patients undergoing surgery, a thorough history is important to obtain, including use of any steroid therapy within the previous year. If there is a history of steroid use, and if time permits, testing of the HPA axis should be performed. If adrenal unresponsiveness is documented or if clinical suspicion of [table: see text] adrenal insufficiency is high (without testing), a stress dose of steroids should be administered during the perioperative period to prevent an adrenal crisis.
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