Corticosteroid use and mortality risk in patients with perforated colonic diverticular disease: a population-based cohort study

BACKGROUND: Corticosteroids are a potential risk factor for mortality in patients with perforated diverticular disease, due to blinding of disease severity, hampered wound healing or adrenal insufficiency. We examined mortality in corticosteroid users and non-users among patients with perforated div...

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Autores principales: Broersen, L H A, Horváth-Puhó, E, Pereira, A M, Erichsen, R, Dekkers, O M, Sørensen, H T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
Materias:
Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5387955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28461904
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2017-000136

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