The article discusses aspects of how corticosteroids affect treatment failure in hospitalized patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia with high inflammatory response.WatkinsDivisionRichardDivisionR.DivisionEBSCO_AspInternal Medicine Alert
The article discusses the benefits of steroid use as an adjunctive therapy for patients diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Information provided include how steroid can improve outcomes CAP treatment, such as reduced hospital length of stay, decreased time to clinical stability, and lowe...
Effect of corticosteroids on the clinical course of community-acquired pneumonia: a randomized controlled trial Effect of cortico- steroids on the clinical course of community-acquired pneumonia: a randomized controlled trial. Crit Care 2011; 15:R96... S Fernández-Serrano,J Dorca,C Garcia-Vidal,...
And in the critical care community, “these trials are still ‘one size fits all.’ Instead, we should take a personalized approach to each patient. Start with fluids first, see if the patient in front of you is fluid-tolerant—and if they’re not, escalate to pressors.” For patients ...
Steroids for Community-Acquired PneumoniaCommunity Acquired PneumoniaLactamsInitial ChoicesSystematic ReviewsRandomised Controlled TrialsRelative RisksTreatment FailuresAn abstract is unavailable.doi:10.1097/IPC.0000000000000330FileThomas M.Infectious Diseases in Clini...
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality despite adequate antibiotic therapy. It is the single most common cause of infection-related mortality in the United States. An exaggerated host inflammatory response can potentially be harmful to both the lung and host...
Influenza PneumoniaMultiple Randomized Clinical TrialsHigh Initial Degree- To better describe the patophysiology and prevention of nosocomial pneumonias - To improve diagnostic methods and clinical decision making - To evaluate antibiotic and adjuntive treatment choices…" [more]...
Community acquired pneumoniaCOVID-19Randomized controlled trialsAcute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS)is a unique entity marked by various etiologies and heterogenous pathophysiologies.There remain concerns regarding the efficacy of particular medications for each severity level apart from respiratory ...
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids in community-acquired pneumonia.doi:10.1007/S00134-017-4967-XAntoni TorresMiquel FerrerMichael S. NiedermanSpringer Berlin Heidelberg
InfluenzaAECOPDCorticosteroidsOBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASECOMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIAGLOBAL BURDENRISK-FACTORSPREVALENCEINFECTIONUsing different indicators for influenza as the likely cause of AECOPD, we found no consistent evidence of worse outcomes of AECOPD due to influenza for hospitalized patients. Assuming ...