Low-dose steroid therapy does not affect hemodynamic response in septic shock patients

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 324-329

  Raurich, Joan M ^a   Llompart Pou, Juan A ^a   Ibáñez, Jordi ^a   Frontera, Guillem ^a   Pérez, Olatz ^a   García, Laura ^a   Ayestarán, José I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Low dose steroid therapy; Mortality; Propensity score; Septic shock; Shock reversal

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS RELATED ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT; SEPTIC SHOCK; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE II; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 37049022380     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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