Hydrocortisone treatment is associated with a longer duration of MODS in pediatric patients with severe sepsis and immunoparalysis
Abstract Background Severe critical illness-induced immune suppression, termed immunoparalysis, is associated with longer duration of organ dysfunction in septic children. mRNA studies have suggested differential benefit of hydrocortisone in septic children based on their immune phenotype, but this...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-09-01
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Series: | Critical Care |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-020-03266-x |