Effects of different doses of glucocorticoids on postoperative atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is the most common arrhythmia after cardiac surgery, and its occurrence is closely related to inflammation. This paper intends to apply meta-analysis to investigate the effect of glucocorticoids on POAF.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library were searched using the internationally recognized systematic evaluation and retrieval strategy. Two review authors independently selected relevant studies and extracted data based on the Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions approach. Stata 17 was used for data analysis. In the subgroup analysis, we grouped the participant data according to differences in glucocorticoids dose and type of surgery. At the same time, we also conducted a meta-anal

SUBMITTER: Zhou Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9838011 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature