Average pain in the group treated with dexamethasone prior to the desired intervention was 8.11 ± 1.31 and it was 8 ± 1.52 in groups treated with propofol. The independent T-test results showed ...

Corticosteroid therapy must be tapered because of its interactions with the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis. The hypothalamus secretes corticotropin releasing factor, which acts ...