Lipopolysaccharide & Septic Shock

Studies in recent years have uncovered a diverse set of eukaryotic receptors that recognize lipopolysaccharide (LPS), the major outer-membrane component of Gram-negative bacteria. Indeed,…
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Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Adjunctive Glucocorticoid Therapy in…
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Moderate-dose corticosteroid in septic shock patients requiring mechanical ventilation resulted in shorter duration of shock and duration of initial ventilation, but did not translate to improved near-term survival.