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Effects of discontinuing or continuing ongoing statin therapy in severe sepsis and septic shock: a retrospective cohort study

INTRODUCTION: Recent publications suggest potential benefits from statins as a preventive or adjuvant therapy in sepsis. Whether ongoing statin therapy should be continued or discontinued in patients admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU) for sepsis is open to question. METHODS: We retrospectivel...

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Autores principales: Mekontso Dessap, Armand, Ouanes, Islem, Rana, Nerlep, Borghi, Beatrice, Bazin, Christophe, Katsahian, Sandrine, Hulin, Anne, Brun-Buisson, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3387613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21767409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10317