The negative effect of initial high-dose methylprednisolone and tapering regimen for acute respiratory distress syndrome: A retrospective propensity matched cohort study

Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Takaki, Makoto ^a   Ichikado, Kazuya ^a   Kawamura, Kodai ^a   Gushima, Yasuhiro ^a   Suga, Moritaka ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; High dose corticosteroid therapy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; APACHE; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; PROGNOSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; APACHE; BERLIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; PROGNOSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85020231562     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-017-1723-0     Document Type: Article

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