ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0015.8-10 | Important for Clinical Practice | ESPEYB15

8.10 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Critical Illness-Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency (CIRCI) in Critically Ill Patients (Part I): Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) 2017

D Annane , SM Pastores , B Rochwerg , W Arlt , RA Balk , A Beishuizen , J Briegel , J Carcillo , M Christ-Crain , MS Cooper , PE Marik , G Umberto Meduri , KM Olsen , SC Rodgers , JA Russell , G Van den Berghe

To read the full abstract: Crit Care Med. 2017; 45(12): 2078-2088This guideline replaces/updates the 2008 recommendations regarding the diagnosis and management of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) in adult and pediatric patients. In CIRCI, inadequate glucocorticoid-mediated anti-inflammatory activity is observed in relation to the severity of the critical illne...