The effects of moderate-dose steroid therapy in sepsis: A placebo-controlled, randomized study.

Background: Despite the new developments in sepsis treatment, mortality rate is still high. In this study, we aimed to investigate endocrinologic changes and the effects of moderate dosage steroid treatment in patients with sepsis.

Methods: Fifty-five patients were included in the study.

Coronary artery bypass graft operations can be performed safely in obese patients.

Objectives: Obesity is a major public health problem with an increasing prevalence. Although coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) operations are now performed with low morbidity and mortality rates, obesity is still assumed to be an important risk factor for morbidity and mortality at these operations but there is no precise approach to define it as a risk factor. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of obesity on the clinical outcome of the CABG operations.