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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 6/2010

01-06-2010 | Correspondence

Hydrocortisone therapy for patients with H1N1 influenza A infection

Authors: Silvio A. Ñamendys-Silva, Marisol Hernández-Garay

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 6/2010

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Dear editor: We read with interest Quispe-Laime and colleagues’ work [1] which described the clinical presentation of 13 consecutive patients and their response to combination high-dose oseltamivir and prolonged low-to moderate dose corticosteroid treatment. …
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Metadata
Title
Hydrocortisone therapy for patients with H1N1 influenza A infection
Authors
Silvio A. Ñamendys-Silva
Marisol Hernández-Garay
Publication date
01-06-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 6/2010
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-1814-8

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