Corticosteroids cut death rates among older people with both respiratory diseases, study found.
WEDNESDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- Inhaled corticosteroids can actually reduce the risk of death in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, who are hospitalized with pneumonia, a new study has found.
U.S. researchers examined the medical records of 15,768 COPD patients older than 65 who were admitted to VA hospitals for pneumonia between 2002 and 2007. Of those patients, 52.5 percent were treated with inhaled corticosteroids.
The all-cause death rate after 30 days was 10.2 percent for inhaled corticosteroid users and ....
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