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Do you add fludrocortisone to hydrocortisone when starting stress dose steroids in a patient with septic shock?

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Pulmonology · University of Rochester Medical Center

In septic shock, vasoplegia is mostly believed to be related to widespread inflammation that giving hydrocortisone is supposed to address, and current guideline suggests hydrocortisone only is sufficient. However, it makes sense to add fludrocortisone since most of these patients present with undefi...

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