Evidence-based support for prolonged glucocorticoid treatment in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome

MeSH terms

• Acute Lung Injury / diagnosis
• Acute Lung Injury / drug therapy*
• Acute Lung Injury / mortality*
• Case-Control Studies
• Critical Care / methods
• Critical Illness / mortality
• Critical Illness / therapy
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Drug Administration Schedule
• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Female
• Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use*
• Hospital Mortality
• Humans
• Male
• Prognosis
• Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnosis
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome / drug therapy*
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome / mortality*
• Survival Analysis
• Time Factors
• Treatment Outcome