Comparing hydrocortisone and methylprednisolone in patients with septic shock

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 728-735

  Yu, Teng Jen ^a,b   Liu, Yu Chih ^a,b   Yu, Chung Chieh ^a,b   Tseng, Jo Chi ^a,b   Hua, Chung Ching ^a,b   Wu, Huang Pin ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hydrocortisone; Methylprednisolone; Septic shock; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID; SUCRALFATE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; APACHE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAUNDICE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRESS ULCER; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 73349130470     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-009-0043-4     Document Type: Article

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