Prescribing systemic steroids for acute respiratory tract infections in United States outpatient settings: A nationwide population-based cohort study.
Kueiyu Joshua LinEvan DvorinAaron S KesselheimPublished in: PLoS medicine (2020)
In this study, we found that systemic steroid use in ARTI is common with a great geographical variability. These findings call for an effective education program about this practice, which does not have a clear clinical net benefit.