Open AccessEffect of Treatment With Low Doses of Hydrocortisone and Fludrocortisone on Mortality in Patients With Septic Shock
Author(s) -
Djillali Annane
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.288.7.862
Subject(s) - medicine , fludrocortisone , septic shock , placebo , adrenal insufficiency , confidence interval , hazard ratio , hydrocortisone , corticosteroid , relative risk , anesthesia , shock (circulatory) , surgery , sepsis , alternative medicine , pathology
Septic shock may be associated with relative adrenal insufficiency. Thus, a replacement therapy of low doses of corticosteroids has been proposed to treat septic shock.
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