Prolonged glucocorticoid treatment in acute respiratory distress syndrome: Evidence supporting effectiveness and safety

MeSH terms

• Acute Lung Injury / diagnosis
• Acute Lung Injury / drug therapy
• Acute Lung Injury / mortality
• Critical Care / methods
• Critical Illness / mortality
• Critical Illness / therapy
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Drug Administration Schedule
• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Female
• Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage*
• Hospital Mortality / trends*
• Humans
• Intensive Care Units
• Male
• Prognosis
• Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnosis
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome / drug therapy*
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome / mortality*
• Risk Assessment
• Survival Analysis
• Time Factors
• Treatment Outcome