Corticosteroid treatment in critically ill patients with severe influenza pneumonia: a propensity score matching study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1470-1482

  Moreno, Gerard ^a   Rodríguez, Alejandro ^a,p   Reyes, Luis F ^b   Gomez, Josep ^a   Sole Violan, Jordi ^c   Díaz, Emili ^d   Bodí, María ^a   Trefler, Sandra ^a   Guardiola, Juan ^e   Yébenes, Juan C ^f   Soriano, Alex ^g   Garnacho Montero, José ^h   Socias, Lorenzo ⁱ   del Valle Ortíz, María ^j   Correig, Eudald ^k   Marín Corral, Judith ^l   Vallverdú Vidal, Montserrat ^m   Restrepo, Marcos I ⁿ   Torres, Antoni ^g   Martín Loeches, Ignacio ^o   Cobo, Pedro ^p   Martins, Javier ^p   Carbayo, Cecilia ^p   Robles Musso, Emilio ^p   Cárdenas, Antonio ^p   Fierro, Javier ^p   Fernández, Dolores Ocaña ^p   Sierra, Rafael ^p   Huertos, Mª Jesús ^p   Pérez, Mª Luz Carmona ^p   Laderas, Juan Carlos Pozo ^p   Guerrero, R ^p   Robles, Juan Carlos ^p   León, Melissa Echevarría ^p   Gómez, Alberto Bermejo ^p   Márquez, Enrique ^p   Rodríguez Carvajal, Manuel ^p   Estella, Ángel ^p   Pomares, José ^p   Ballesteros, José Luis ^p   Romero, Olga Moreno ^p   Fernández, Yolanda ^p   Lobato, 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Tormo, Constantino ^p   Chinesta, Susana Sancho ^p   Paricio, Virgilio ^p   Marques, Asunción ^p   Sanchez Morcillo S ^p   Tormo, S ^p   Latour, J ^p   García, M Ángel ^p   more..

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA   (Colombia)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

^e University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL DE MATARÓ   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL SON LLÀTZER   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^l HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^m HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^o ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^p Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Research Organization ^*

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Author keywords

Corticosteroids; ICU; Influenza; Mortality; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; APACHE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85052101199     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-018-5332-4     Document Type: Article

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