Outcomes of Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment on Hypoxemic Adults Hospitalised for Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia: a Retrospective Cohort Study.

Karl HagmanAnna C NilssonMagnus HedenstiernaJohan Ursing

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)

Adjunctive corticosteroids were not associated with reduced time to regression of hypoxemia in adults with M. pneumoniae pneumonia. However, duration of fever was shorter and no increase in complications was seen.

Keyphrases

respiratory failure
respiratory tract
community acquired pneumonia
risk factors
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
metabolic syndrome
mechanical ventilation
skeletal muscle
intensive care unit
replacement therapy
acute respiratory distress syndrome