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SUBMITTER: Li L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7592294 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMJ open 20201027 10
<h4>Objectives</h4>Long-term use of high-dose glucocorticoids can lead to severe immunosuppression and increased risk of treatment-resistant pneumonia and mortality. We investigated the aetiology and prognostic risk factors of mortality in hospitalised patients who developed pneumonia while receiving glucocorticoid therapy alone or glucocorticoid and other immunosuppressant therapies.<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>Six secondary and tertiary academic hospitals in China. ...[more]