Corticosteroid treatment for community-acquired pneumonia - the STEP trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the third-leading infectious cause of death worldwide. The standard treatment of CAP has not changed for the past fifty years and its mortality and morbidity remain high despite adequate antimicrobial treatment. Systemic corticosteroids have anti-inf...

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Autores principales: Blum, Claudine A, Nigro, Nicole, Winzeler, Bettina, Suter-Widmer, Isabelle, Schuetz, Philipp, Briel, Matthias, Bingisser, Roland, Zimmerli, Werner, Ullmer, Elke, Elsaesser, Hanno, Tarr, Philip, Wirz, Sebastian, Thomann, Robert, Hofmann, Eveline, Rodondi, Nicolas, Duplain, Hervé, Burki, Dieter, Mueller, Beat, Christ-Crain, Mirjam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4083867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24974155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-257

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4083867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24974155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-257

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