I think you should continue the steroid regardless cortisol levels provided the
patient meets the criteria for vasopressor-dependent septic shock , this was
established by Dr. Marik in Sirsi work published in CHEST 2009
Manuel MartÃnez MD intensive care
Mexico.
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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
>
>
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