Perioperative glucocorticoid supplementation for patients undergoing endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary tumour surgery: using a sledgehammer to crack a nut?

Allart M Venema; Jos M A Kuijlen; André P van Beek; Anthony R Absalom

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2021.05.005

Perioperative glucocorticoid supplementation for patients undergoing endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary tumour surgery: using a sledgehammer to crack a nut?

Br J Anaesth. 2021 Aug;127(2):181-184. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.05.005. Epub 2021 Jun 9.

Authors

Allart M Venema¹, Jos M A Kuijlen², André P van Beek³, Anthony R Absalom⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: a.m.venema@umcg.nl.
² Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Endocrinology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 34119309
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.05.005

No abstract available

Keywords: Addisonian crises; adrenal insufficiency; corticosteroid; hypocortisolism; pituitary; steroid supplementation; transsphenoidal pituitary tumour surgery.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Dietary Supplements
Glucocorticoids*
Humans
Nuts
Pituitary Neoplasms* / surgery
Pituitary-Adrenal System

Substances

Glucocorticoids