Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5885963 | Journal of Critical Care | 2014 | 29 Pages |
Abstract
We report as severe pneumococcal pneumonia in young and healthy patients exposed to NSAIDs as in older, more comorbid, and nonexposed ones. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use may mask initial symptoms and delay antimicrobial therapy, thus predisposing to worse outcomes.
Keywords
NSAIDPSISimplified Acute Physiology Score IILRTIStreptococcus pneumoniaOdinICUintensive care unitNon-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugsnonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugPneumonia severity indexLower respiratory tract infectionGeneral practitionersPleural effusionCommunity-acquired pneumoniaSevere community-acquired pneumoniaCaP
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Authors
Jonathan MD, Benjamin MD, Fabrice MD, Typhaine PharmD, Guilene PharmD, PhD, Catherine PharmD, PhD, Didier MD, Jean-Damien MD, PhD,