Postoperative glucocorticoid enhances recovery after endovascular aortic repair for chronic type B aortic dissection: a single-center experience

Table 3 Systemic inflammatory response syndrome evaluation and the peak value of variables during the initial 5 postoperative days

Variables	DXM (n = 52)	N-DXM (n = 40)	P
SIRS criteria, n (%)	20 (38.5)	13 (32.5)	0.555
2	17 (32.7)	9 (22.5)
3	3 (5.8)	4 (10.0)
White blood cell, ×10⁹/L	13.01 ± 0.58	10.04 ± 0.61	0.002
Body temperature, °C	37.67 ± 0.08	37.92 ± 0.09	0.040
Heart rate, bpm	89.06 ± 1.21	95.95 ± 1.70	0.001

Bpm beats per minute, DXM dexamethasone group, N-DXM non-dexamethasone group, SIRS systemic inflammatory response syndrome

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