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Author response: Preoperative high dose of dexamethasone in emergency laparotomy: randomized clinical trial

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BJS, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znae130, published 19 July 2024
Dear Editor
We thank the authors for this correspondence and we very much agree with the statements. Furthermore, we agree that dose-response studies are of importance – we obviously did not give enough for peritonitis.

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