Tag: Steroids

VANISH Trial

5 August 2016 Steve Mathieu Intensive Care Medicine 4 comments

Does early vasopressin use reduce the risk of kidney failure in patients with septic shock compared with norepinephrine?

Torres

In patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia and high inflammatory response, does the use of corticosteroids compared to placebo improve outcom

CRASH-1

15 August 2014 Duncan Chambler Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In adults with a head injury, do early corticosteroids compared to placebo reduce death and disability?

Meduri

14 August 2014 Steve Mathieu Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

Does a prolonged course of intravenous methylprednisolone improve lung function and reduce mortality in patients with unresolving ARDS

Annane

13 August 2014 David Slessor Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In patients with septic shock and relative adrenal deficiency does low dose corticosteroids improve 28 day mortality?

REDUCE

12 August 2014 Adrian Wong Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

Is short-term (5 days) systemic glucocorticoid treatment in patients with COPD exacerbation as good as conventional (14 days) treatment in clinical outcome and does it decrease the overall exposure to steroids?

VSE

11 August 2014 David Slessor Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine 2 comments

In patients in cardiac arrest, does vasopressin + epinephrine during CPR combined with steroid supplementation during and after CPR, improve survival to discharge with a good neurological outcome, in comparison to the use of epinephrine alone?