The Intraoperative Administration of Dexmedetomidine Alleviates Postoperative Inflammatory Response in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopy-Assisted Gastrectomy: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Jiae Moon, Duk-Hee Chun, Hee Jung Kong, Hye Sun Lee, Soyoung Jeon, Jooeun Park, Na Young Kim, Hyoung-Il Kim, Hideshi Ishii, Takaaki Hirotsu · 2023

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Jiae Moon and a team of co-authors test whether a sedative given during stomach surgery calms the body's inflammatory surge afterward. Their trial appeared in twenty twenty-three. Surgical stress can weaken immunity in cancer patients and slow recovery.

Eighty-four patients having keyhole stomach surgery were randomized to the drug, dexmedetomidine, or a control. The main marker, C-reactive protein on day one, did not differ between groups. One interleukin marker dipped at the end of surgery in the drug group. Pain scores in recovery and extra painkiller needs in the first hour were also lower. The benefits faded within about two hours. The authors call the anti-inflammatory effect narrow and brief.

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CREATORJiae Moon, Duk-Hee Chun, Hee Jung Kong, Hye Sun Lee, Soyoung Jeon, Jooeun Park, Na Young Kim, Hyoung-Il Kim, Hideshi Ishii, Takaaki Hirotsu
YEAR2023
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE33 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10741238

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