Should we give steroids after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?

Matthew H Anstey^{1

2

3}, Audrey de Jong⁴, Markus B Skrifvars⁵

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia. matthew.anstey@health.wa.gov.au.
² School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. matthew.anstey@health.wa.gov.au.
³ School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, Australia. matthew.anstey@health.wa.gov.au.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Regional University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
⁵ Department of Emergency Care and Services, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

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Matthew H Anstey et al. Intensive Care Med. 2023 Dec.

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. 2023 Dec;49(12):1514-1516.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-023-07267-6. Epub 2023 Nov 20.

Matthew H Anstey^{1

2

3}, Audrey de Jong⁴, Markus B Skrifvars⁵

¹ Intensive Care Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia. matthew.anstey@health.wa.gov.au.
² School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. matthew.anstey@health.wa.gov.au.
³ School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, Australia. matthew.anstey@health.wa.gov.au.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Regional University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
⁵ Department of Emergency Care and Services, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

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