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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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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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