Dexamethasone Infusion in Community-acquired Pneumonia

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether dexamethasone reduces the length of hospital stay in patient with a community-acquired pneumonia.

Timeline

Start

2007-11

Primary completion

2010-09

Completion

2010-09

Publications

• Raeven VM, Spoorenberg SM, Boersma WG, van de Garde EM, Cannegieter SC, Voorn GP, Bos WJ, van Steenbergen JE; Alkmaar study group; Ovidius study group. Atypical aetiology in patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia is associated with age, gender and season; a data-analysis on four Dutch cohorts. BMC Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 17;16:299. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1641-9.
• Remmelts HH, van de Garde EM, Meijvis SC, Peelen EL, Damoiseaux JG, Grutters JC, Biesma DH, Bos WJ, Rijkers GT. Addition of vitamin D status to prognostic scores improves the prediction of outcome in community-acquired pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Dec;55(11):1488-94. doi: 10.1093/cid/cis751. Epub 2012 Aug 31.
• Meijvis SC, Hardeman H, Remmelts HH, Heijligenberg R, Rijkers GT, van Velzen-Blad H, Voorn GP, van de Garde EM, Endeman H, Grutters JC, Bos WJ, Biesma DH. Dexamethasone and length of hospital stay in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2011 Jun 11;377(9782):2023-30. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60607-7. Epub 2011 Jun 1.

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