Corcoran T, et al. – In this current study, researchers intended to characterize the impacts of a single intraoperative dose of dexamethasone on cellular and metabolic components of the immune system in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgical procedures. As per findings, dexamethasone seemed to reduce inflammation and to alter immune cell counts at 24 h, with no effects identified after this time, in female patients undergoing elective laparoscopic gynaecological surgery. However, the significance of these changes for postoperative immune function remained unveiled.