Short-Term Versus Long-Term Systemic Corticosteroid Use in the Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients | Zendy

Samah Alshehri | Zendy; Mai Alalawi | Zendy; Abdulrahman Makeen | Zendy; Ammar Jad | Zendy; Ahmed Alhuwaysi | Zendy; Mohammed Alageeli | Zendy; Mohannad Alshibani | Zendy

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Short-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 Jad,

Ahmed Alhuwaysi,

Mohammed Alageeli,

Mohannad Alshibani

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

malaysian journal of medical sciences

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.

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