Claims for improved survival from systemic corticosteroids in diverse conditions: An umbrella review

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-244

  Contopoulos Ioannidis, Despina G ^a   Ioannidis, John P A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda wide systematic review; Survival; Systemic corticosteroids; Umbrella review

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL; TETANUS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TYPHOID FEVER;

DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856580541     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2011.02584.x     Document Type: Review

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