Erschienen in:
01.12.2007 | Letter
Steroid treatment for persistent ARDS: a word of caution
verfasst von:
B Taylor Thompson, Marek Ancukiewicz, Leonard D Hudson, Kenneth P Steinberg, Gordon R Bernard
Erschienen in:
Critical Care
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Ausgabe 6/2007
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Dr Meduri and colleagues, in their comment "Steroid treatment in ARDS: a highly effective treatment" [
1], written in response to the article of Wajanaponsan
et al. [
2], described data and an adjusted analysis provided by the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Network (as a personal communication). We wish to comment on their assertion of large imbalances between the treatment and steroid arms in the cohort of participants randomized after 13 days of ARDS and suggest a word of caution for interpreting this
post hoc analysis. …