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Clinical review: A systematic review of corticosteroid use in infections

Traditional teaching suggests that corticosteroids should be avoided during acute infectious episodes for fear of compromising the immune response. However, the outcome benefit shown through steroid administration in early septic shock implies this paranoia may be misplaced. We therefore performed a...

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Autores principales: Aberdein, Jody, Singer, Mervyn
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16356204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc3904