Potential for overuse of corticosteroids and vasopressin in septic shock

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Hsu, Joe L ^a   Liu, Vincent ^b   Patterson, Andrew J ^a   Martin, Greg S ^c   Nicolls, Mark R ^a   Russell, James A ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

BIOASSAY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84867897419     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11460     Document Type: Letter

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