• Pediatr Crit Care Me · Mar 2007

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    Do pediatric patients with septic shock benefit from steroid therapy? A critical appraisal of "Low-dose hydrocortisone improves shock reversal and reduces cytokine levels in early hyperdynamic septic shock" by Oppert et al. (Crit Care Med 2005; 33:2457-2464).

    • Sandrijn M van Schaik.
    • Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0106, USA. vanschaiks@peds.ucsf.edu
    • Pediatr Crit Care Me. 2007 Mar 1;8(2):174-6.

    ObjectiveTo review the findings and discuss the implications of studies on the use of low-dose corticosteroids in septic shock.DesignA critical appraisal of "Low-dose hydrocortisone improves shock reversal and reduces cytokine levels in early hyperdynamic septic shock" by Oppert et al. (Crit Care Med 2005; 33:2457-2464) with literature review.FindingsPrevious studies have shown that low-dose corticosteroids shorten duration of shock in adults with sepsis, which is confirmed by the results of Oppert et al. The benefit on mortality is much less clear. Review of the literature casts doubt on whether these data can be extrapolated to children.ConclusionsThere is some, albeit limited, evidence for the benefit of low-dose steroids in adults with sepsis. No supporting data are available for the pediatric population; therefore, a randomized controlled trial in septic children is needed.

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