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Low-dose corticosteroids and septic shock resolution: implications for randomized trial design?

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  1. Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Healthcare Delivery Science, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Anica C. Law

  2. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Sarina Sahetya

  3. Department of Medicine and The Pulmonary Center, Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Allan J. Walkey

  4. Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA

    Allan J. Walkey

  5. Malcolm Fisher Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, NSW, 2065, Australia

    Anthony Delaney

  6. Northern Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia

    Anthony Delaney

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Law, A.C., Sahetya, S., Walkey, A.J. et al. Low-dose corticosteroids and septic shock resolution: implications for randomized trial design?. Intensive Care Med 44, 1366–1367 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5265-y

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