Adjuvant steroid therapy in community-acquired pneumonia
| Autor: | Caroline Bell Sisson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Treatment failure Nurse Assisting 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Adjuvants Immunologic Community-acquired pneumonia Adrenal Cortex Hormones Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Intensive care medicine Cause of death business.industry Pneumonia medicine.disease Community-Acquired Infections Treatment Outcome Steroid therapy Corticosteroid therapy business Hospital stay Adjuvant |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. 30:52-54 |
| ISSN: | 1547-1896 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.jaa.0000520547.38699.83 |
| Popis: | Despite medical advances, pneumonia is a leading cause of death worldwide. Because inflammation is a key defense mechanism, adjuvant corticosteroid therapy has long been considered but never widely recommended to treat pneumonia. New research is exploring potential benefits of this therapy, including reduced time to clinical stability, reduced hospital stay, reduced rates of treatment failure, and prevention of complications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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