Patients in the steroid arm received 50
mg of intravenous hydrocortisone every 6 hours for 5 days that
was then tapered. Fludrocortisone was not administered in
,%this study. There was no difference in 28 day mortality regardless
of response to an ACTH stimulation test (39.2% vs. 36.2
,%P = 0.69 in ACTH-unresponsive patients and 28.8% vs. 28.7
P = 1.00 in ACTH-responsive patients). While earlier reversal
of shock was identified in the hydrocortisone group, infectious
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