Search Tag: hydrocortisone

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Corticosteroids-and-mortality-in-covid-19-patients

2020 02 Oct

The use of corticosteroids to treat severe infections has been a controversy for quite a long time. Now, as we face the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical research on corticosteroids has received a significant push.   During the first six months of 2020, 55 studies of corticosteroids for the treatment of COVID-19 have been registered. The RECOVERY trial...Read more

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Vitamins-trial-no-significant-benefit-of-vitamin-c-cocktail

2020 22 Jan

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that causes nearly one-third to half of all hospital deaths. It is also responsible for more than 5 million deaths worldwide each year. Patients with septic shock are an important subgroup of sepsis. These patients have circulatory and metabolic abnormalities that further increase their mortality risk. New treatments...Read more

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Top-icu-stories-of-2019

2019 28 Dec

As we move into 2020, here's a quick recap of our most clicked stories in ICU in 2019:  Using Biomarkers for Mortality Prediction in Patients With Sepsis A new study evaluated the prognostic value of six biomarkers at onset of sepsis in adult patients with sepsis or septic shock. Risk Factors for Frailty and Death in the ICU...Read more

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Hydrocortisone-versus-placebo-in-patients-with-septic-shock

2019 01 Dec

Septic shock is a serious illness that is associated with high morbidity and mortality. A significant number of patients who develop septic shock also have a number of comorbidities that further worsens the prognosis. Over the years, many studies have been published on the benefits of corticosteroids in patients with septic shock. Most of these...Read more

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Vitamin-c-drug-cocktail-for-sepsis

2019 09 Jul

The combination of intravenous vitamin C, corticosteroids and thiamine has been made famous by Dr. Paul Marik, M.D. for the treatment of sepsis in critically ill patients. The ‘Marik protocol’, also termed HAT (Hydrocortisone, Ascorbic acid, Thiamine), has however come under criticism regarding the lack of evidence. Dr. Marik of Sentara Norfolk...Read more

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Hydrocortisone-in-severe-sepsis-hypress-trial-results

2016 03 Oct

The results of the first randomised controlled trial investigating the effects of adjunctive early low-dose hydrocortisone to prevent progression to shock in patients with severe sepsis presenting without shock are published in JAMA today. There were no significant differences between treatment groups with regard to mortality or length of stay in...Read more