Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Review Meta Analysis
Adjuvant steroid therapy in community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among adults. Although steroids appear to be beneficial in animal models of CAP, clinical trial data in humans are either equivocal or conflicting. ⋯ Moderate-quality evidence suggests that adjunctive steroid therapy for adults hospitalized with CAP reduced the length of hospital stay but did not alter mortality.