Hydrocortisone Therapy for Patients With Septic Shock : Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Home > May 2008 - Volume 15 - Issue 3 > Hydrocortisone Therapy for Patients With Septic Shock

< Previous Abstract | Next Abstract >

Text sizing:

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine:

May 2008 - Volume 15 - Issue 3 - pp 183-184

doi: 10.1097/CPM.0b013e3181729d89

Pulmonary Trends

Hydrocortisone Therapy for Patients With Septic Shock

Spiegler, Peter MD, FCCP; Kessler-Reyes, Heather MD, MPH

Abstract

Synopsis: Low-dose hydrocortisone therapy does not decrease mortality in patients who did or did not have a response to corticotropin, which is a reversal of previous study outcomes. Hydrocortisone does reverse shock faster but there may be an associated increase in secondary infections.

Source: Sprung CL, Annane D, Keh D, et al. Hydrocortisone therapy for patients with septic shock. N Engl J Med. 2008;358:111-124.

You currently do not have access to this article.

You may need to:

Register an account.
Login if you are a registered subscriber.
Subscribe to this Journal , or
Purchase access to this article if you are not a current subscriber.
View this article in Ovid if your institution subscribes to this journal.

Note: If your society membership provides for full-access to this article, you may need to login on your society’s web site first.

NEW! Mobile View

Article Tools

You currently do not have access to this article.

You may need to:

Register an account.
Login if you are a registered subscriber.
Subscribe to this Journal , or
Purchase access to this article if you are not a current subscriber.
View this article in Ovid if your institution subscribes to this journal.

Note: If your society membership provides for full-access to this article, you may need to login on your society’s web site first.

Home	Current Issue	Previous Issues	For Authors	Journal Info