Sepsis outcomes in patients receiving statins prior to hospitalization for sepsis: comparison of in-hospital mortality rates between patients who received atorvastatin and those who received simvastatin

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to compare the in-hospital mortality rates between septic patients receiving statins and those that did not prior to developing sepsis. We compared subgroups receiving atorvastatin and simvastatin because these two drugs differ in their pharmacologic properti...

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Autores principales: Ouellette, Daniel R, Moscoso, Erics Espinoza, Corrales, Julio Pinto, Peters, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Paris 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4430500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25992302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13613-015-0049-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4430500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25992302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13613-015-0049-9

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