Efficacy of Corticosteroid Therapy in Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia: A Monocentric Single-blinded Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial from a Tertiary Care Center in North India

Efficacy of Corticosteroid Therapy in Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia: A Monocentric Single-blinded Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial from a Tertiary Care Center in North India

Aim and background: A dysregulated immune response can produce acute lung injury and worsen clinical status of patient by causing organ dysfunction and severe pneumonia. Modulating the immune response can improve the outcome of illness and avoid treatment failures. Glucocorticoids are well-known nat...

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Main Authors: Anurag Dahra, Vidiyala Sai Sandeep, Kamal Singh, Pritam Singh, Mandeep Singla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publisher 2024-09-01
Series:Indian Journal of Respiratory Care
Subjects:
community-acquired pneumonia
corticosteroid insufficiency related critical illness
corticosteroids
methylprednisolone
randomized controlled trial
treatment failure
Online Access:https://www.ijrc.in/doi/IJRC/pdf/10.5005/jp-journals-11010-1132
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