Hydrocortisone at stress-associated concentrations helps maintain human heart rate variability during subsequent endotoxin challenge

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 636.e1-636.e5

  Rassias, Athos J ^a   Guyre, Paul M ^b   Yeager, Mark P ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental endotoxemia; Glucocorticoid; Heart rate variability; Human; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENDOTOXIN; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PLACEBO;

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 82055172928     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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