Synopsis: For patients with severe trauma and the need for mechanical ventilation, the addition of stress-dose steroids reduced the incidence of hospital-acquired pneumonia. Source: Roquilly A, Mahe PJ, Sequin P, et al. Hydrocortisone therapy for patients with multiple trauma. The randomized ...
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...
Do steroids carry risks for critically ill patients? It's common for ICU patients, particularly those on ventilators, to develop hospital-acquired infections such as pneumonia or bloodstream infections related to intravenous catheters. Being on corticosteroids can increase a patient's risk of developing...
As for when to discontinue steroids, most protocols and studies say to use them for three days—but if patients get off pressors earlier, you could stop steroids sooner. Moreover, “you don’t need to taper. Just on or off.” Phyllis Maguire is Executive Editor of Today’s Hospitalist....
Severe COVID-19 patients included in a single-center prospective observational study at the intensive care unit at Uppsala University Hospital who had undergone DECT were enrolled in the current study. Patients’ cohort was divided into two groups depending on the administration of steroids. From eac...
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...
have demonstrated potential for improving the resolution of ARDS.Nevertheless,it is imperative to consider the potential adverse effects of hyperglycemia,susceptibility to hospital-acquired infections,and the development of intensive care unit acquired weakness when administering corticosteroids.Thus far...
Starting from evidence available in the literature at that time and rheumatological experience in the treatment of autoimmune rapidly-progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD), we managed COVID-19 pneumonia patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of our hospital with a “...