[Interpretation of Society of Critical Care Medicine and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine of clinical practice guideline on critical illness related corticosteroid insufficiency in 2017]

Zhonghua Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue. 2019 Jun;31(6):669-673. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-4352.2019.06.002.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Great progress of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) has been made in diagnosis and treatment, but it still has high mortality. Meanwhile, corticosteroids are widely used in critically ill patients. Recently, the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) published a practice guideline which had updated the diagnosis and management of CIRCI. In order to master and promote the guideline, this article interprets the new guideline to assist Chinese clinicians for better understanding CICRI at a more comprehensive level.

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Insufficiency / therapy*
  • Critical Care
  • Critical Illness*
  • Europe
  • Humans
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Societies, Medical