Corticosteroids and acute respiratory distress syndrome: The debate continues

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1813-1814

  Belvitch, Patrick ^a   Dudek, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

acute respiratory distress syndrome; corticosteroids; mortality; prevention; propensity matching

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; EQUIPOISE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 84880522200     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182963cfb     Document Type: Editorial

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