Is Prolonged Low-Dose Glucocorticoid Treatment Beneficial in Community-Acquired Pneumonia?

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has a significant impact on public health in terms of short-term and long-term morbidity and mortality. Irrespective of microbiological etiology, the host’s inability to fully downregulate systemic inflammation is the dominant pathogenetic process contributing to a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current infectious disease reports 2013-04, Vol.15 (2), p.158-166
Hauptverfasser:	Confalonieri, Marco, Annane, Djillali, Antonaglia, Caterina, Santagiuliana, Mario, Borriello, Ediva M., Meduri, G. Umberto
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Clinical outcomes Drug therapy Infectious Diseases Medicine Medicine & Public Health Morbidity Mortality Pneumonia Public health Respiratory Infections (F Arnold Section Editor Steroids
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