Maximilian S. Schaefer

Antiemetic doses of dexamethasone do not affect pulmonary complications after noncardiac surgery: a matter of pathophysiology?

Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) remain common and are exacerbated by perioperative systemic inflammation. Dexamethasone, administered to millions of patients each year for prophylaxis against postoperative nausea and vomiting, effectively attenuates systemic inflammatory responses, rendering it a plausible...