The effect of prior statin use on 30-day mortality for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Recent studies suggest that HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors ("statins") may have beneficial effects for patients at risk for some types of infections. We examined the effect of prior outpatient use of statins on mortality for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia...

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Autores principales: Mortensen, Eric M, Restrepo, Marcos I, Anzueto, Antonio, Pugh, Jacqueline
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1199623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16042797
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-6-82

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1199623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16042797
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-6-82

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