Corticosteroids in Pediatric Septic Shock Are Not Helpful

Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA. Dr. Zimmerman’s institution received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Immunexpress; he received funding from Elsevier Publishing (royalties) and travel reimbursement from the Society of Critical Care Medicine to attend board meetings; he received funding from the NIH; and he disclosed off-label product use of adjunctive hydrocortisone for pediatric septic shock. For information regarding this article, E-mail: [email protected]