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Moreover, there is some evidence that the use of high-dose glucocorticoids in sepsis might be harmful [ 11].
Group 1 (definite sepsis) had positive blood cultures and two or more criteria; Group 2 (probable sepsis) had an obvious source of infection and two or more additional criteria; Group 3 (possible sepsis) had fever and leukocytosis or leukopenia with no obvious source of infection nor positive blood culture; and Group 4 (nonseptic) had none of the criteria.
The prevalence of occult AI (a cortisol increment after a short ACTH test of less than 9 mg/dl) in severe sepsis was estimated at about 50% and the 28-day mortality rate at about 75% [ 17].
Uncertainty may be especially problematic in conditions such as sepsis, in which mortality is high, and clinicians strongly want to do everything possible.
Risk for sepsis-related death in these patients may be greater than that in the overall population of severe sepsis patients with no coagulopathy.