Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6151580 European Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
Our results suggest that surgical patients with prolonged preoperative glucocorticoid intake are at a higher risk of developing postoperative VTE as well as other secondary outcomes including: all-cause mortality, urinary tract occurrences, sepsis, wound occurrences, cardiac and respiratory adverse events. These are important findings since preoperative glucocorticoid use is a modifiable factor.
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