Journal article
Real‐world use of glucocorticoids and clinical outcomes in adults hospitalized with community‐acquired pneumonia on medical wards
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the real-world use of systemic glucocorticoids to treat patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) outside of the intensive care unit (ICU).
METHODS: This retrospective cohort study included 11,588 hospitalizations for CAP without chronic pulmonary disease at seven hospitals in Ontario, Canada. We report physician-level variation in the use of glucocorticoids and trends over time. We …
Authors
Malecki S; Loffler A; Liao F; Hora T; Agarwal A; Lail S; Roberts SB; McFadden D; Gupta S; Razak F
Journal
Journal of Hospital Medicine, Vol. 19, No. 11, pp. 1001–1009
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
11 2024
DOI
10.1002/jhm.13422
ISSN
1553-5592