Author/Authors :
Abd Al-Ghany, Ibrahim Ain Shams University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Pain management, Egypt , El-Shaer, Ahmed N. Ain Shams University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Pain management, Egypt , Abd-Allah, Walid Ain Shams University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Pain management, Egypt , Elreedy, Mohamed Ain Shams University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Pain management, Egypt
Abstract :
Corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex. Corticosteroids are involved in a wide range of physiologic systems such as stress response, immune response and regulation of inflammation, carbohydrate metabolism, protein catabohsm, blood electrolyte levels, and behavior.