[Low-dose hydrocortisone treatment of catecholamine refractory septic shock]

Treatment with corticosteroids in patients with septic shock is controversial. Dosage and timing of treatment differ in clinical trials. The effect of LDHT (low-dose hydrocortisone therapy) is based on the hypothesis of a relative adrenocortical insufficiency. Two cases in which septic shock was reversed with LDHB are described.