Corticosteroids for Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Overstated Benefits and Understated Risks

Chest. 2019 Dec;156(6):1049-1053. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.06.017. Epub 2019 Jul 6.

Authors

Grant Waterer¹, Mark L Metersky²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. Electronic address: grant.waterer@uwa.edu.au.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT.

No abstract available

Keywords: community-acquired pneumonia; corticosteroids.

MeSH terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones / adverse effects
Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use*
Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
Humans
Pneumonia, Bacterial / drug therapy*
Risk Assessment
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Adrenal Cortex Hormones