Open AccessEarly Use of Glucocorticoids Was a Risk Factor for Critical Disease and Death From pH1N1 Infection
Author(s) -
Ke Han,
Hong Ma,
X. An,
Ying Su,
J Chen,
Zhichao Lian,
J. Zhao,
BaoPing Zhu,
Robert E. Fontaine,
Zheng Feng,
Guang Zeng
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir398
Subject(s) - medicine , risk factor , disease , virology , intensive care medicine , immunology
Glucocorticoids increase the risk of developing critical disease from viral infections. However, primary care practitioners in China use them as antipyretics, potentially exposing hundreds of millions to this risk.
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