The effects of supraphysiological doses of corticosteroids in hypotensive liver failure

Liver International

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-77

  Harry, Rachael ^a   Auzinger, Georg ^a   Wendon, Julia ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Hypotension; Liver failure; Norepinephrine; Short synacthen test

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; INOTROPIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN; PARACETAMOL; TETRACOSACTIDE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DUODENUM ULCER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; LIVER DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043288753     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0676.2003.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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