… The lack of a placebo does not affect our aim of examining the phenotypic differences
among different asthma severity groups when all are treated with an “equalizing” dose of …

… To evaluate the concept of RAI necessitating corticosteroid substitution therapy in septic …
adapted to severity of disease and do not predict the outcome benefit of corticosteroid treatment. …

… , corticosteroids were used widely during severe acute … , 5 In the late stages of the disease,
the systemic inflammatory reaction … Theoretically, corticosteroid treatment could have a role in …

… treatment 19 and to the rate of 1.5·patient −1 ·yr −1 reported in COPD patients with a similar
disease severity in … requiring treatment with antibiotics and/or oral corticosteroids used in this …

… Furthermore, prednisolone treated patients had significantly higher NO levels than …
corticosteroid treatment. A likely explanation for this finding is that this group has more severe …

… corticosteroids during any severe illness and perioperatively. We review here the value of
corticosteroid administration during severe … and in patients receiving corticosteroid treatment or …

… However, the study was hampered by major limitations, ie the absence of information on
stage-independent disease severity variables and no specific data on mortality among …

… viruses.13, 14 Corticosteroids are typically used to treat severe acute respiratory infections
of viral aetiology because of their anti-inflammatory effect.15 However, it was reported that …

… We speculate that corticosteroid with higher in-vitro inflammatory potency administered at
timing and dosages commensurate with disease severity may be conducive to better outcome …

… patients were treated during the follow-up period. In the second strategy, all patients regardless
of disease severity were treated. In the third strategy, inhaled corticosteroids were given …