Usefulness of corticosteroid therapy in decreasing epinephrine requirements in critically ill infants with congenital heart disease.
Shore
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Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039, USA.
Nelson
D P
DP
Pearl
J M
JM
Manning
P B
PB
Wong
H
H
Shanley
T P
TP
Keyser
T
T
Schwartz
S M
SM
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016638:Critical Illness; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D004837:Epinephrine