Corticosteroid use in the intensive care unit: at what cost?

Britt, Rebecca C; Devine, Alicia; Swallen, Karen C; Weireter, Leonard J; Collins, Jay N; Cole, Frederic J; Britt, L D

Britt, Rebecca C; Devine, Alicia; Swallen, Karen C; Weireter, Leonard J; Collins, Jay N; Cole, Frederic J; Britt, L D.

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Britt RC; Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk 23507, USA. brittrc@evms.edu

Arch Surg ; 141(2): 145-9; discussion 149, 2006 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16490890

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Burn Units/statistics & numerical data; Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use; Hospital Mortality/trends; Length of Stay/trends; Pneumonia/prevention & control; Sepsis/prevention & control; Urinary Tract Infections/prevention & control; Adult; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Incidence; Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data; Middle Aged; Pneumonia/epidemiology; Retrospective Studies; Sepsis/epidemiology; Treatment Outcome; Urinary Tract Infections/epidemiology

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia / Urinary Tract Infections / Burn Units / Hospital Mortality / Sepsis / Glucocorticoids / Length of Stay Type of study: Health_economic_evaluation / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Humans / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Arch Surg Year: 2006 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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