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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Published in:Crit Care
Main Authors: Takaki, Makoto, Ichikado, Kazuya, Kawamura, Kodai, Gushima, Yasuhiro, Suga, Moritaka
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5463340/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28592332
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-017-1723-0
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