Corticosteroids for community-acquired pneumonia: Time to act!

Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Annane, Djillali ^a   Meduri, G Umberto ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT DURATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 65849113468     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc6940     Document Type: Note

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