Health Condition 1: null- patient having infalmmatory bowel disease and has taken steroids for at least 1 week in the preceding 1 year
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Low dose Steroid (LDS) Regimen: Patients allotted to this regimen were given hydrocortisone equivalent to their immediate pre-operative dose of prednisolone or hydrocortisone by continu
Sponsors
AIIMS
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients with IBD receiving steroids at the time of surgery or who have received steroids for a continuous period of one week during the preceding 1 year
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients not consenting to the study (were given high dose steroids as per existing practice) 2.Pre-operative hypotension as defined by systolic blood pressure 3.History of haemodynamic complications after withdrawal of steroids 4.Patients who were treated with oral budesonide
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| absence of postural hypotension on POD 1Timepoint: absence of postural hypotension on POD 1 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Absence of any haemodynamic instabilityTimepoint: till discharge;Absence of any postural hypotension till POD-7, or discharge, whichever is earlierTimepoint: POD 2 to POD 7;Any complications in the 30-day postoperative periodTimepoint: till POD 30;Any episode of heart rate 100 or 60 beats per minuteTimepoint: till POD7;any rescue steroids required to correct hypotensionTimepoint: till discharge | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactSrinivasan Ramachandran
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed