%0 Journal Article %T Hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone: Taichi of risk hedge for improving adults with septic shock %A Chen, Wensen %A Wang, Yingqin %A Zhong, Ming %J Journal of Thoracic Disease %D 2018 %B 2018 %9 %! Hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone: Taichi of risk hedge for improving adults with septic shock %K %X We read with interest the work presented by Annane et al . (1) in which the authors reported that hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone therapy significantly improved 90-day all-cause mortality in patients with septic shock compared with placebo. Interestingly, recent work presented by Venkatesh et al . (2) did not favor hydrocortisone therapy alone in patients with septic shock undergoing mechanical ventilation. %U https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/22449 %V 10 %N 7 %P E596-E597 %@ 2077-6624