Hydrocortisone plus Fludrocortisone for Adults with Septic Shock

Djillali Annane1, Alain Renault1, Christian Brun-Buisson1

  • 1From Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches (D.A., V.M.), Laboratory of Infection and Inflammation Unité 1173, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, INSERM, Montigny-le-Bretonneux (D.A.), Service de Pharmacologie Clinique-Centre d'Investigation Clinique (CIC) INSERM 1414, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Rennes-Université de Rennes 1, Hôpital Pontchaillou, Rennes (A.R., E.B.), Service de Réanimation Médicale (C.B.-B.) and Service d'Anesthésie et des Réanimations Chirurgicales (G.D., F.C.), Hôpital Henri-Mondor (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris [AP-HP]), Créteil, Réanimation Médicale et Toxicologique, Hôpital Lariboisière (AP-HP), Université Paris-Diderot, INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche Scientifique (UMRS) 1144 (B. Megarbane), Réanimation Médicale-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre-Site Cochin (AP-HP) and Université Paris Descartes (A. Cariou), Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, Pôle 2i, Infection et Immunité, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, AP-HP, Infection, Antimicrobiens, Modélisation, Evolution (IAME) Unité 1137, Université Paris Diderot, INSERM (J.-F.T.), Service d'Anesthésie et Réanimations Chirurgicales, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre-Site Cochin (AP-HP) (F.B.), and Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière (AP-HP), and Université Paris Sorbonne INSERM, UMRS 1166-Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (A. Combes), Paris, Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Universitaire François Mitterrand, Lipness Team, INSERM Research Center Lipids, Nutrition, Cancer-Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1231 and Laboratoire d'Excellence LipSTIC, and CIC 1432, Epidémiologie Clinique, Université de Burgundy, Dijon (J.-P.Q., A.D.), Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier d'Etampes, Etampes (S.S., T.H.), Réanimation Médico-Chirurgicale, CIC INSERM 1414, Grand Hôpital de l'Est Francilien Site de Meaux, Hôpital Saint Faron, Meaux (X.F.), Service de Réanimation Médicale, CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble (C.S.), Service d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Nord, Aix Marseille Université, CIC 1409, and CIC 9502, Marseille (C.M.), Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, and Service de Réanimation Médicale, CHU de Rouen-Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Rouen (B. Misset), Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes, Valenciennes (M.A.B.), Service de Réanimation Médico-Chirurgicale, Centre Hospitalier Départemental de Vendée, Site de La Roche-sur-Yon, Les Oudairies, La Roche-sur-Yon (G. Colin), Réanimation Médicale Polyvalente, CHU Gabriel Montpied (B.S.), and Pôle de Médecine Péri-Opératoire, Génétique, Reproduction, et Développement, UMR-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 6293, Université Clermont-Auvergne, INSERM Unité 1103, CHU Clermont-Ferrand (J.-M.C.), Clermont-Ferrand, Service d'Anesthésie, Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôtel Dieu-Hôpital Mère-Enfant, CHU Nantes, Laboratoire EA3826 Thérapeutiques et Expérimentales des Infections, Nantes (K.A.), Réanimation Polyvalente, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire Bretonneau, Tours (E.M.), Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier de Périgueux, Périgueux (L.C.), Service de Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpital Central, CHU de Nancy, Nancy (C.C.), Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, INSERM CIC 1435-CHU Dupuytren, Limoges (B.F.), Service Réanimation Médicale Polyvalente et Unité de Surveillance Continue, Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans, Orléans (T.B.), Réanimation Chirurgicale, Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimations-Urgences, Service d'Assistance Médicale d'Urgence (SAMU) 86, Hôpital de la Miletrie, CHU, Poitiers (F.P.), Service de Réanimation Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud (Hospices Civils de Lyon), Pierre-Bénite (J.B.), Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Saint Camille, Bry-sur-Marne (J.-F.L.), Réanimation Polyvalente, Hôpital Jean Verdier (AP-HP), Bondy (R.A.), Service de Réanimation Médicale, CHU Amiens-Picardie-Site Sud, Amiens (M.S.), Service de Réanimation Médicale et Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Tourcoing Gustave Dron, Tourcoing (O.L.), and Service de Réanimation Médicale-SAMU 25, Hôpital Jean Minjoz-CHU de Besançon, Besançon (G. Capellier) - all in France.

Summary

Hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone significantly reduced 90-day mortality in septic shock patients. This combination therapy improved survival and reduced organ failure, offering a new treatment option for this critical condition.

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