Do corticosteroids decrease mortality in sepsis?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 330-332

  Graham, Timothy A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 13844308515     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.12.002     Document Type: Note

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