TY  - JOUR
T1  - Hydrocortisone therapy for patients with multiple trauma: The randomized controlled hypolyte study
AU  - Roquilly A, Mahe P, Seguin P, et al
Y1  - 2011/03/23
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2011.360
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1201
EP  - 1209
VL  - 305
IS  - 12
N2  - Context 
                  The role of stress-dose hydrocortisone in the management of trauma patients is currently unknown.Objective 
                  To test the efficacy of hydrocortisone therapy in trauma patients.Design, Setting, and Patients 
                  Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled HYPOLYTE (Hydrocortisone Polytraumatise) study. From November 2006 to August 2009, 150 patients with severe trauma were included in 7 intensive care units in France.Intervention 
                  Patients were randomly assigned to a continuous intravenous infusion of either hydrocortisone (200 mg/d for 5 days, followed by 100 mg on day 6 and 50 mg on day 7) or placebo. The treatment was stopped if patients had an appropriate adrenal response.Main Outcome Measure 
                  Hospital-acquired pneumonia within 28 days. Secondary outcomes included the duration of mechanical ventilation, hyponatremia, and death.Results 
                  One patient withdrew consent. An intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis included the 149 patients, a modified ITT analysis included 113 patients with corticosteroid insufficiency. In the ITT analysis, 26 of 73 patients (35.6%) treated with hydrocortisone and 39 of 76 patients (51.3%) receiving placebo developed hospital-acquired pneumonia by day 28 (hazard ratio [HR], 0.51; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.30-0.83; P = .007). In the modified ITT analysis, 20 of 56 patients (35.7%) in the hydrocortisone group and 31 of 57 patients (54.4%) in the placebo group developed hospital-acquired pneumonia by day 28 (HR, 0.47; 95% CI, 0.25-0.86; P = .01). Mechanical ventilation–free days increased with hydrocortisone by 4 days (95% CI, 2-7; P = .001) in the ITT analysis and 6 days (95% CI, 2-11; P < .001) in the modified ITT analysis. Hyponatremia was observed in 7 of 76 (9.2%) in the placebo group vs none in the hydrocortisone group (absolute difference, −9%; 95% CI, −16% to −3%; P = .01). Four of 76 patients (5.3%) in the placebo group and 6 of 73 (8.2%) in the hydrocortisone group died (absolute difference, 3%; 95% CI, −5% to 11%; P = .44).Conclusion 
                  In intubated trauma patients, the use of an intravenous stress-dose of hydrocortisone, compared with placebo, resulted in a decreased risk of hospital-acquired pneumonia.Trial Registration 
                  clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00563303
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.360
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.360
ER  -