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Table 1 The type and dose of steroid therapy initiated for acute respiratory distress syndrome

From: Perceptions of diagnosis and management of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a survey of United Kingdom intensive care physicians

Type of corticosteroid

Dose (mg/kg/day)

Total response (N)

≤1 mg

2 mg

3 mg

4 mg

≥5 mg

Hydrocortisone

23.6 (%)

33.3 (%)

31.4 (%)

7.8 (%)

3.9 (%)

51

Prednisolone

100 (%)

0 (%)

0 (%)

0 (%)

0 (%)

3

Methylprednisolone

42.0 (%)

27.5 (%)

1.5 (%)

5.8 (%)

23.2 (%)

69

  1. The data expressed as a percentage of responses to the total response for the type of corticosteroid initiated.
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BMC Anesthesiology

ISSN: 1471-2253

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