Open AccessShort-Term Versus Long-Term Systemic Corticosteroid Use in the Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients
Author(s) -
Samah Alshehri,
Mai Alalawi,
Abdulrahman Makeen,
Ammar Yasser Jad,
Ahmed Alhuwaysi,
Mohammed Alageeli,
Mohannad Alshibani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the malaysian journal of medical sciences/the malaysian journal of medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2180-4303
pISSN - 1394-195X
DOI - 10.21315/mjms2021.28.1.8
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , exacerbation , corticosteroid , retrospective cohort study , clinical endpoint , mann–whitney u test , cohort , clinical trial
The administration of systemic corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation is the first line of management. The duration of this administration, however, is not well established in clinical practice. The objective of this study is to compare the clinical outcomes between short-term and long-term corticosteroid use in the acute exacerbation of COPD patients.