‘Alarming’ Overuse of Oral Corticosteroids in Severe Asthma Patients
A Canadian study found that 72% of patients with uncontrolled severe asthma were not on available biologic therapy, and 40% had four or more oral corticosteroid courses.
A Canadian study found that 72% of patients with uncontrolled severe asthma were not on available biologic therapy, and 40% had four or more oral corticosteroid courses.
Steroid treatment in intubated patients with angioedema had no effect on length of time spent in intensive care unit, new research shows.
Critically ill patients receiving steroids in a hospital's ICU are significantly more likely to develop delirium, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins. Minimizing the use of steroids could reduce delirium in the ICU, they suggested.