Do you use steroids in the management of PJP pneumonia with severe hypoxia in HIV negative patients?
Data on the role of steroids in HIV negative patients with PJP has been conflicting.
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Do you use steroids in the management of PJP pneumonia with severe hypoxia in HIV negative patients?
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Infectious Disease · Stanford Health Care
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I only saw about 4 (non-HIV) patients with PJP before AIDS hit the US in 1981. Like others caring for AIDS patients in the 1980s, PJP was incredibly common I saw at least 200 cases over the years. Until AIDS, there were never enough non-HIV patients to do a RCT to look at steroids. Thanks to the wel...
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Pulmonology · University of Louisville
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Yes, I do use steroids in PJP pneumonia with severe hypoxia.
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