Hello Mohamed We use hidrocortisone when we are having problems to maintain A good perfusion. ( fluids all ready used), hipotensión, lactate etc. Sometimes seric cortisol is normal o event high. But most of the time may be low
I havent check the new sepsis guides, in the 2008 the say fluidocortisone ir hidrocortisone 300 mg and then 100 mas every 8 hrs Rewards Dr. Adrián Verdín Z. Terapia intensiva Anestesia Chihuahua, México 614 159 3883 cell 614 1800 800 ext 16574 El 21/09/2012, a las 10:48, "Mohamed Ibrahim" <[email protected]> escribió: > Hello everyone, pls clarify me on this aspect > im confused whether to start on a low dose > corticosteroid for severe sepsis / septic shock even if the measured sr > cortisol levels are found to be WNL . so > irrespective of cortisol levels can we continue the steroids ??? > Dr S Mohamed Ibrahim MD,FAAEM Apollo Speciality Hospital > Madurai - TN - India > > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org _______________________________________________ Sepsisgroups mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
