Prolonged Glucocorticoid Treatment is Associated with Improved ARDS Outcomes

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov July 26, 2018

Prolonged methylprednisolone treatment accelerates the resolution of ARDS, improving a broad spectrum of interrelated clinical outcomes and decreasing hospital mortality and healthcare utilization. We conducted two sets of intention-to-treat analyses: (1) a primary analysis of individual patients’ data (IPD) of four randomized controlled trials (RCTs) which investigated methylprednisolone treatment (n = 322) and (2) a trial-level meta-analysis incorporating four additional RCTs which investigated hydrocortisone treatment in early ARDS (n = 297).