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Efficacy and clinical outcomes of systemic and inhaled steroid for patients with communityacquired pneumonia
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Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

ISSN: 2161-105X

Open Access

Efficacy and clinical outcomes of systemic and inhaled steroid for patients with communityacquired pneumonia


9th International Conference on COPD and Lungs

August 19-20, 2019 Tokyo, Japan

Fahreza Akbar Siregar, Cipto Mangunkusumo and Gurmeet Singh

Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta
National Central General Hospital, Jakarta

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Pulm Respir Med

Abstract :

Introduction & Objective: Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is one of the top leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. CAP also becomes the sixth most prevalent cause of overall mortality in adults. Corticosteroids are known to be the most potent anti-inflammatory drugs and have physiologic rationale for their use in patients with infection. Its efficacy in the treatment of CAP is still debatable. The objective is study to evaluate the efficacy and clinical outcomes of systemic and inhaled steroid therapy for patients with community-acquired pneumonia.

Method: We used four databases for literature searching process, Pubmed, EBSCO, ProQuest and Science Direct, which selected articles are those therapeutic studies with relevant clinical question and met the inclusion-exclusion criteriaâ??s. Critical appraisal was performed by assessed its validity, importance, and applicability based on Oxford Center of Evidenced-Based Medicine 2011.

Results: Three retrieved articles feature cohort studies. Two studies conducted systemic steroid therapy research which other conducted inhaled steroid. Two of three articles show steroid therapy was associated with lower mortality and shorter clinical stability.

Conclusion: We suggested that steroid therapy, both systemic and inhaled steroids help hasten clinical recovery, prevent pneumonia-related complication, lower mortality and reduction in the duration of mechanical ventilation and length of hospital stay.

Biography :

Fahreza Akbar Siregar is currently pursuing his Medicine and also working as Clinical Co-assistant in Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital (RSCM) Jakarta.

E-mail: fahreza_akbar@hotmail.com

 

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