The adrenal gland and corticosteroid therapy in sepsis: I certainly remain uncertain

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 702-703

  Fuller, Brian M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Corticosteroids; Critical illness related corticosteroid insufficiency; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TREATMENT DURATION; ADRENAL CORTEX; BLOOD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ADRENAL CORTEX; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 84924226967     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000791     Document Type: Editorial

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