Identifying critically ill patients who may benefit from adjunctive corticosteroids: not as easy as we thought.

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Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; and Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH * See also p. 698. Dr. Wong received support for article research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). His institution received grant support from the NIH and disclosed patents (Biomarker patents; U.S. Patent Office). Dr. Atkinson has disclosed that she does not have any potential conflicts of interest.