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REDUCE
2013 Respiratory
? ICUs
314 patients
COPD exac: 5 vs 14d steroids (All: 40mg iv methylpred on D1, 7d broad Abx, 40mg pred)
Clinical Question
Is short-term (5 days) systemic glucocorticoid treatment in patients with
COPD exacerbation as good as conventional (14 days) treatment in clinical
outcome and does it decrease the overall exposure to steroids?
Critical Appraisal
Key findings
No diff exac in next 6m, all cause mort, clin or subj o/c. No diff in steroid Cx
- Population
- COPD
- Population Details
- Not recorded
- Intervention Arms
-
Steroids
- Control Arms
- Not recorded
- Primary Outcome
- Not recorded
- Secondary Outcomes
- Not recorded
- P Value
- Not recorded
Outcome Results
Not recorded