Association of Corticosteroid Treatment With Outcomes in Adult Patients With Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

This review of 37 RCTs (n=9,564) found that corticosteroid use was associated with reduced 28 day mortality (RR 0.90, 95% CI 0.82-0.88) vs placebo or standard supportive care. ICU mortality was also reduced (0.85, 0.77-0.94).
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