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Beneficial effects of stress-dose corticosteroid therapy in canines depend on the severity of staphy...

Beneficial effects of stress-dose corticosteroid therapy in canines depend on the severity of staphy...

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Beneficial effects of stress-dose corticosteroid therapy in canines depend on the severity of staphylococcal pneumonia

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Full title

Beneficial effects of stress-dose corticosteroid therapy in canines depend on the severity of staphylococcal pneumonia

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag

Journal title

Intensive care medicine, 2012-12, Vol.38 (12), p.2063-2071

Language

English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag

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Contents

Purpose
The effects of stress-dose corticosteroid therapy were studied in a canine staphylococcal pneumonia model of septic shock.
Methods
Immediately following intrabronchial bacterial challenge, purpose-bred beagles were treated with stress doses of desoxycorticosterone (DOC), a mineralocorticoid agonist, and dexamethasone (DEX), a gluco...

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Full title

Beneficial effects of stress-dose corticosteroid therapy in canines depend on the severity of staphylococcal pneumonia

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1285088697

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1285088697

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ISSN

0342-4642

E-ISSN

1432-1238

DOI

10.1007/s00134-012-2735-5

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