Corticosteroids in Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia: a Systematic Review, Pairwise and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.
Tyler PitreDaniyal AbdaliDipayan ChaudhuriStephen M PastoresAndrea M NeiDjillali AnnaneBram RochwergDena ZeraatkarPublished in: Journal of general internal medicine (2023)
Moderate certainty evidence indicates that corticosteroids reduce mortality in patients with more severe CAP, the need for invasive mechanical ventilation, and ICU admission.
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