The effect of stress doses of hydrocortisone during septic shock on posttraumatic stress disorder in survivors

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 978-985

  Schelling, Gustav ^a,d   Briegel, Josef ^a   Roozendaal, Benno ^c   Stoll, Christian ^a   Rothenhäusler, Hans Bernd ^b   Kapfhammer, Hans Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Anesthesiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrocortisone; Intensive care unit; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Septic shock; Traumatic memories

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEMORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0035894630     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(01)01270-7     Document Type: Article

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