Corticosteroid Therapy in Critical Illness due to Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza
Author(s) -
Philippe Yale,
Neill K. J. Adhikari,
Vincent Massé,
Robert Fowler,
Wei Xiong,
Allison McGeer,
Darlene Cann,
Wallis Rudnick,
Karen Green,
Maureen O. Meade,
Louis Valiquette,
François Lamontagne
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
canadian respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1916-7245
pISSN - 1198-2241
DOI - 10.1155/2015/658434
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , corticosteroid , intensive care , intensive care unit , adrenal insufficiency , observational study , cohort , cohort study , pediatrics , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine
Survey data suggest that Canadian intensivists administer corticosteroids to critically ill patients primarily in response to airway obstruction, perceived risk for adrenal insufficiency and hemodynamic instability.
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