Patients with pneumonia may spend fewer days in the hospital if they are given steroids along with antibiotics and supportive care. That's the finding of a Mayo Clinic analysis of eight randomized-controlled clinical trials involving more than 1,100 patients. The results appear in the March issue of the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
Tags: clinical trials, Complementary/Alternative Medicine, Infection Control Today, Journal of Hospital Medicine, pneumonia, Research, steroids