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The negative effect of initial high-dose methylprednisolone and tapering regimen for acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective propensity matched cohort study

BACKGROUND: The efficacy of corticosteroid use in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains controversial. Generally, short-term high-dose corticosteroid therapy is considered to be ineffective in ARDS. On the other hand, low-dose, long-term use of corticosteroids has been reported to be ef...

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Autores principales: Takaki, Makoto, Ichikado, Kazuya, Kawamura, Kodai, Gushima, Yasuhiro, Suga, Moritaka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5463340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28592332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-017-1723-0