Prednisolone not beneficial in most cases of community-acquired pneumonia
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 07:28
in Health & Medicine
Patients hospitalised 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 randomised double-blind clinical trial to address the subject...