The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
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Over 20 million Americans are affected with asthma. Many will require some type of surgical procedure during which their asthma management should be optimized. ⋯ The use of corticosteroids has not been shown to adversely affect wound healing or increase the rate of infections postoperatively. Preoperative systemic corticosteroids may be used safely in the majority of patients to decrease asthma-related morbidity.