Prednisolone Not Benficial In Most Cases Of Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Medical Centre Alkmaar Study

EurekAlert! -- Patients hospitalized with mild to moderate community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) should not be routinely prescribed prednisolone, a corticosteroid, as it is associated with a recurrence of symptoms after its withdrawal, according to the first randomized double-blind clinical trial to address the subject.

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