Open AccessEfficacy and safety of corticosteroids in immunocompetent patients with septic shock
Author(s) -
Xin Lu,
Wei Han,
Yanxia Gao,
Shigong Guo,
Shiyuan Yu,
Xuezhong Yu,
Huadong Zhu,
Yang Li
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1920-8642
DOI - 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2021.02.007
Subject(s) - medicine , cochrane library , septic shock , randomized controlled trial , confidence interval , systematic review , meta analysis , relative risk , medline , corticosteroid , sepsis , political science , law
The use of corticosteroids in septic shock has been studied for many decades but yielded conflicting results. We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the efficacy and the safety of corticosteroids in immunocompetent patients with septic shock.