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Steroids for patients in septic shock: the results of the CORTICUS trial

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2015

Alina Toma ,
Angela Stone ,
Robert S. Green  and
Sara Gray
Alina Toma
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, and Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Angela Stone
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, and Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Robert S. Green
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, and Departments of Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Sara Gray*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, and Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, and Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
*
St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Room 4-036 Queen Wing, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8; grays@smh.ca

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Type
Knowledge to Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , July 2011 , pp. 273 - 276
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2011

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