The Benefits of Hydrocortisone Therapy for Septic Shock

Of the 400,000 patients with septic shock receiving or epinephrine, 88,000 who met eligibility criteria received hydrocortisone within three days of hospitalization. The adjusted analysis here revealed a statistically significant decrease in in-hospital mortality and discharged to hospice by 3.7% in the combination group. Kelly: There are limitations to the type of observational data and the risk of unmeasured confounding variables.