Hong Kong Respiratory Medicine

Marco Confalonieri, Umberto Meduri. The Lancet 2011, 377, 1982 - 1984
Community-acquired pneumonia is a major public health problem. While mortality decreased sharply after the introduction of antibiotics in the 1940s, since 1950 the overall acute (hospital) mortality has either remained stable or increased. Equally concerning, after clinical resolution of pneumonia, patients discharged from hospital have—after adjusting for age and comorbidities—a substantial, continuing excess mortality.
Despite concern about immunosuppression, glucocorticoid treatment in low-to .....

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