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Corticosteroids in Patients with Septic Shock

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Septic Shock

Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((UICM,volume 4))

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In spite of the advent of multiple sophisticated intensive care techniques and new antimicrobial drugs, the mortality of septic shock remains very high. Furthermore, the incidence of sepsis and septic shock seems to have increased in the last decades [1].

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  1. F. Colardyn
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  2. D. Vogelaers
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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Free University Hospital, De Boelelaan 1117, NL-1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Jean Louis Vincent (Assistant-Director) & Lambertus G. Thijs (Assistant-Director) & 

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Colardyn, F., Vogelaers, D. (1987). Corticosteroids in Patients with Septic Shock. In: Vincent, J.L., Thijs, L.G. (eds) Septic Shock. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83108-9_21

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