Corticosteroids for paediatric ARDS: unjustified—even unjustifiable?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1685-1687

  Peters, Mark J ^a,b   Ray, Samiran ^a   Kneyber, Martin ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; CHILD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; FEMALE; MALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

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

EID: 84940121923     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-3963-2     Document Type: Editorial

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