Corticosteroid administration and treatment failure in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

JAMA. 2010 Oct 13;304(14):1554; author reply 1554-6. doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.1438.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / administration & dosage*
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / drug therapy*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sample Size
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones