Is steroid therapy ever of benefit to patients in the intensive care unit going into septic shock
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Report By: Lydia Richardson and Steven Hunter - Registrars in Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Institution: Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, East Sussex, UK, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK
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Date Submitted: 26th August 2009
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Last Modified: 26th August 2009
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Status:
Red (incomplete)
Three Part Question
In patients who have undergone cardiothoracic surgery and are subsequently admitted into the [ICU], is [steroid therapy] ever of benefit in those going into [septic shock]?
