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Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine 6/2004

01.06.2004 | Correspondence

Relapse of SARS upon tapering corticosteroid

verfasst von: Jung-Yien Chien, Po-Ren Hsueh, Shan-Chwen Chang, Juey-Jen Hwang, Chong-Jen Yu, Pan-Chyr Yang

Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine | Ausgabe 6/2004

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Sir: Corticosteroid has been generally considered beneficial for patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), but the standard treatment protocol is still uncertain [1]. We describe a SARS patient who twice experienced relapse of SARS which was complicated with shock and acute disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) during stepping down the corticosteroid dose. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Relapse of SARS upon tapering corticosteroid
verfasst von
Jung-Yien Chien
Po-Ren Hsueh
Shan-Chwen Chang
Juey-Jen Hwang
Chong-Jen Yu
Pan-Chyr Yang
Publikationsdatum
01.06.2004
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Intensive Care Medicine / Ausgabe 6/2004
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-004-2287-4

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