Fig. 2From: Prolonged low-dose methylprednisolone treatment is highly effective in reducing duration of mechanical ventilation and mortality in patients with ARDSForest plot of mortality in randomized trials of patients with ARDS, by glucocorticoid molecule. Hospital mortality for patients (n = 766) randomized before day 14 of ARDS onset in nine randomized trials investigating prolonged glucocorticoid treatment in ARDS. Comparison between randomized trials which investigated methylprednisolone (n = 272) vs. hydrocortisone (n = 494) treatment. M–H Mantel–Haenszel statistics, df degrees of freedomBack to article page