Should we use corticosteroids in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the Intensive Care Unit?

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¹ Intensive Care Clinical Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain. Electronic address: luisabulnes@hotmail.com.
² Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Research Organisation (MICRO), St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; CIBER of Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Pulmonary Department, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, ICREA, Barcelona, Spain.

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Maria Luisa Cantón-Bulnes et al. Med Intensiva (Engl Ed). 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;47(11):668-670.

doi: 10.1016/j.medine.2023.09.001. Epub 2023 Oct 6.

¹ Intensive Care Clinical Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain. Electronic address: luisabulnes@hotmail.com.
² Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Research Organisation (MICRO), St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; CIBER of Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Pulmonary Department, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, ICREA, Barcelona, Spain.

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ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired pneumonia.
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