Low-Dose Steroid Therapy Is Associated with Decreased IL-12 Production in PBMCs of Severe Septic Patients

Table 2

Adverse event and outcome (number, percentage).

	No-low-dose steroid; ()	Low-dose steroid; ()
Event
Gastrointestinal bleeding	2 (18)	2 (11)
Acute renal failure	4 (36)	11 (61)
Shock	4 (36)	17 (94)
Thrombocytopenia	3 (27)	5 (28)
Jaundice	0 (0)	1 (6)
Bacteremia	1 (9)	2 (11)
Mortality	0 (0)	6 (33)^†

compared to no-low-dose steroid group, by Fisher’s exact test.
compared to no-low-dose steroid group, by Fisher’s exact test.