
Stress doses of hydrocortisone reduce chronic stress symptoms and improve health-related quality of life in high-risk patients after cardiac surgery: A randomized study
Keywords: CPB; cardiopulmonary bypass; CS; cardiac surgery; HRQL; health-related quality of life; ICU; intensive care unit; IL-6; interleukin 6; POD; postoperative day; PTSD; posttraumatic stress disorder; SF-36; Short Form-36; TISS; Therapeutic Intervention Scorin