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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 Jul;18(7):630–637. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001180

Table 3.

Rate of Corticosteroid Therapy Initiation for each Level of LCOS Severity (n=188)

Category Mild
n=188		 Moderate
n=186, 2 skipped		 Severe
n=188
Never 122 (64.9%) 35 (18.8%) 4 (2.1%)
Rarely 46 (24.5%) 59 (31.7%) 8 (4.3%)
Sometimes 18 (9.6%) 80 (43.0%) 67 (35.6%)
Usually (or Always) 2 (1.1%) 12 (6.5%) 109 (58.0%)

Mild = Single vasoactive agent, slightly decreased urine output and cool extremities; Moderate = Two or more vasoactive agents, tachycardia and slightly elevated lactate; Severe = Two or more vasoactive agents, tachycardia, elevated lactate and refractory hypotension