Current perspectives for the use of corticosteroids in sepsis: patient selection is the key

“A er more than 60 years of clinical use, the role of cor costeroids as adjunc ve therapy for severe infec ons remains to be clarifi ed.” Jorge IF Salluh †Author for correspondence: Intensive Care Unit, Ins tuto Nacional de Câncer, Centro de Tratamento Intensivo, 100 Andar, Praça Cruz Vermelha, 23, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tel:. +55 212 506 6120 Fax: +55 21 2294 8620 [email protected] Pedro Póvoa Intensive Care Unit, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal Fernando A Bozza Intensive Care Unit, Ins tuto de Pesquisas Evandro Chagas, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Marcio Soares Intensive Care Unit, Ins tuto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Patrícia T Bozza Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Ins tuto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Current perspectives for the use of corticosteroids in sepsis: patient selection is the key