Management of patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia: dexamethasone reduces length of stay by 1 day

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¹ Department of Medicine, Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38104, USA. gmeduri@uthsc.edu

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G Umberto Meduri et al. Evid Based Med. 2012 Apr.

. 2012 Apr;17(2):51-2.

doi: 10.1136/ebm.2011.100154. Epub 2011 Sep 26.

¹ Department of Medicine, Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38104, USA. gmeduri@uthsc.edu

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Dexamethasone and length of hospital stay in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
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