Corticosteroid Therapy in Critical Illness due to Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza

Philippe Yale; Neill KJ Adhikari; Vincent Masse; Robert A Fowler; Wei Xiong; Allison McGeer; Darlene Cann; Wallis Rudnick; Karen Green; Maureen O Meade; Louis Valiquette; François Lamontagne

doi:10.1155/2015/658434

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2015)

Corticosteroid Therapy in Critical Illness due to Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza

Philippe Yale,
Neill KJ Adhikari,
Vincent Masse,
Robert A Fowler,
Wei Xiong,
Allison McGeer,
Darlene Cann,
Wallis Rudnick,
Karen Green,
Maureen O Meade,
Louis Valiquette,
François Lamontagne

Affiliations

Philippe Yale: Centre de Recherche Clinique du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CRCHUS), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Neill KJ Adhikari: Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Vincent Masse: Centre de Recherche Clinique du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CRCHUS), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Robert A Fowler: Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Wei Xiong: Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada
Allison McGeer: Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network; Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Darlene Cann: Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network; Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Wallis Rudnick: Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network; Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Karen Green: Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network; Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Maureen O Meade: Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Louis Valiquette: Centre de Recherche Clinique du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CRCHUS), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
François Lamontagne: Centre de Recherche Clinique du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CRCHUS), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/658434
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22, no. 5
pp. 271 – 274

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Survey data suggest that Canadian intensivists administer corticosteroids to critically ill patients primarily in response to airway obstruction, perceived risk for adrenal insufficiency and hemodynamic instability.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crj/

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