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DENVER -- Corticosteroids can safely be given to asthmatics before surgery to improve lung function and reduce pulmonary complications, Dr. Fanny W. Su said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
In a series of 240 surgeries on 172 asthmatic patients given preoperative corticosteroids, postoperative bronchospasm occurred in 13 cases (5%), a retrospective study found. Most patients also got intravenous steroids during the surgery. Data in the literature show that without corticosteroids before or during surgery, up to 11%...
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