Corticosteroid therapy for severe sepsis and septic shock [1]

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1643-

  Minneci, Peter C ^a   Deans, Katherine J ^a   Natanson, Charles ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL; NOTE; PUBLISHING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PUBLICATION BIAS; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 70350738441     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1480     Document Type: Letter

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