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Available online /content/6/3/251 Research Physiological-dose steroid therapy in sepsis [ISRCT 1 v 2 2 3 4 Orhan Yildiz , Mehmet Doganay , Bilgehan Aygen , Muhammet Güven , Fahrettin Kelestimur ç and Ahmet Tutus5 ç 1Consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey 2Lecturer, Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey 3Lecturer, Division of Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey 4Lecturer, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey 5Lecturer, Department of Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey Correspondence: Orhan Yildiz, yildizorhan@ Received: 5 October 2001 Critical Care 2002, 6:251-258 Revisions requested: 5 December 2001 This article is online at /content/6/3/251 Revisions received: 27 January 2002 Accepted: 2 April 2002 © 2002 Yildiz et al., licensee BioMed Central Ltd Published: 19 April 2002 (Print ISSN 1364-8535; Online ISSN 1466-609X) Abstract Introduction The aim of the study was to assess the prognostic importance of basal cortisol