Corticosteroids for septic shock [1]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2068-2071

  Daley, Mark R ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; APACHE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOTE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HYPOTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APACHE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; SELECTION BIAS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TREATMENT FAILURE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43249116312     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc080246     Document Type: Letter

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