Den efterlängtade ADRENAL-studien presenterades i januari. Äntligen fick vi svaret på om man skall ge kortison till sepsispatienter. Eller?

Referenser:

ADRENAL

Venkatesh, B., Finfer, S., Cohen, J., Rajbhandari, D., Arabi, Y., Bellomo, R., … Myburgh, J. (2018). Adjunctive Glucocorticoid Therapy in Patients with Septic Shock. New England Journal of Medicine, NEJMoa1705835. http://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1705835

CORTICUS

Sprung, C. L., Annane, D., Keh, D., Moreno, R., Singer, M., Freivogel, K., … Group, C. S. (2008). CORTICUS: Hydrocortisone therapy for patients with septic shock. The New England Journal of Medicine, 358(2), 111–124. http://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa071366

Bolus jämfört med infusion

Hoang, H., Wang, S., Islam, S., Hanna, A., Axelrad, A., & Brathwaite, C. (2017). Evaluation of Hydrocortisone Continuous Infusion Versus Intermittent Boluses in Resolution of Septic Shock. P & T, 42(4), 252–255. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5358683/