COPD exacerbations: the impact of long versus short courses of oral corticosteroids on mortality and pneumonia: nationwide data on 67 000 patients with COPD followed for 12 months.

Pradeesh SivapalanTruls Sylvan IngebrigtsenDaniel Bech RasmussenRikke SørensenChristian Madelaire RasmussenCamilla Bjørn JensenKristine Højgaard AllinJosefin EklöfNiels SeersholmJoergen VestboJens-Ulrik Stæhr Jensen

Published in: BMJ open respiratory research (2019)

The change of recommendations from long courses to short courses of OCS for AECOPD in 2014 was strongly associated with a decrease in pneumonia admissions and all-cause mortality, in favour of short courses of OCS.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
cystic fibrosis
cardiovascular events
electronic health record
big data
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes
coronary artery disease
cross sectional
intensive care unit
data analysis
acute respiratory distress syndrome