Efficacy of hydrocortisone in preventing posttraumatic stress disorder following critical illness and major surgery

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1071, Issue , 2006, Pages 46-53

  Schelling, Gustav ^a,c   Roozendaal, Benno ^b   Krauseneck, Till ^c   Schmoelz, Martin ^a   De Quervain, Dominique ^d   Briegel, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Glucocorticoids; Hydrocortisone; Intensive care unit; PTSD; Septic shock; Stress; Traumatic memory

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR SURGERY; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REINFORCEMENT; SEPTIC SHOCK; STRESS; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 33746455617     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1364.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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