LetterThe role of corticosteroid in septic shock patients
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Abbreviations
- PMX-HP
polymyxin B hemoperfusion
- SOFA
sequential organ failure assessment
- APACHE II
Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II
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Funding
Ye Ye was supported by a grant from Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Department (Grant No. 2015A020210093). Jun Li had received a fund from State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China (SATCM) (Fund No. SATCM-2014-BZ(182)). The funding sources had no role in the preparation, drafting, review, or approval of the manuscript, and the decision
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