Prednisolone not benficial in most cases of community-acquired pneumonia
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 10:49
in Health & Medicine
Patients hospitalized with mild to moderate community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) should not be routinely prescribed prednisolone, a corticosteroid, as it is associated with a recurrence of symptoms after its withdrawal, according to the first randomized double-blind clinical trial to address the subject.