Impact on Efficacy and Safety of Hydrocortisone in Sepsis and Septic Shock - A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis.
Waleed Tharwat AletrebyAbdulrahman Mishaal AlharthyAhmed Fouad MadiIbrahim Refaat SolimanHend Mohammed HamidoOmar Elsayed RamadanWasim AlzayerBasim Mohammed HuwaitMohammed Ali AlodatShahzad Ahmed MumtazNasir Nasim MahmoodMahmoud Hussien Al KurdiHazem Abdulgaffar FarragDimitrios KarakitsosPublished in: Archives of Iranian medicine (2019)
Hydrocortisone, when used in sepsis or septic shock, in critically ill adult patients showed a statistically insignificant trend towards decreasing 28 day all-cause mortality. This warrants consideration of clinical significance for each patient individually.