2024 Focused Update: Guidelines on Use of Corticosteroids in Sepsis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Methodological detailsfocused update
- Focused update
Recommendations
As issued by the authors
- conditional
Administer corticosteroids for patients with septic shock
- conditional
Administer corticosteroids for critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
- strong
Use corticosteroids in hospitalized patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)
Recommend against high dose/short duration corticosteroids for septic shock
No specific recommendation on corticosteroid molecule, dose, and duration of therapy in ARDS, based on currently available evidence
Original publication
2024 Focused Update: Guidelines on Use of Corticosteroids in Sepsis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Crit Care Med. Published 19 January 2024. doi:10.
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