Use of corticosteroids in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1594-1603

  Tang, Benjamin M P ^a   Craig, Jonathan C ^b   Eslick, Guy D ^b   Seppelt, Ian ^c   McLean, Anthony S ^a  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Steroids

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOPATHY; NEUROPATHY; PANCREATITIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650495796     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819fb507     Document Type: Article

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