The Effects of High-Dose Corticosteroids in Patients with Septic Shock
- 1 November 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 311 (18) , 1137-1143
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198411013111801
Abstract
To determine whether corticosteroids are efficacious in severe septic shock, we conducted a prospective study of 59 patients randomly assigned to a methylprednisolone, dexamethasone, or control group. Patients were treated 17.5±5.4 hours (mean ±S.E.M.) after the onset of shock, and 55 patients required vasopressor agents.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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