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Steroids and severe pneumonia. Ready for the winter? Discussion on “Corticosteroid treatment in critically ill patients with severe influenza pneumonia: a propensity score matching study”

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Emergenza, Anestesiologiche e della Rianimazione, UOC di Anestesia, Rianimazione, Terapia Intensiva e Tossicologia Clinica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Gennaro De Pascale, G. Bello, A. M. Dell’Anna, L. Montini & M. Antonelli

  2. Istituto di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Gennaro De Pascale, G. Bello, A. M. Dell’Anna, L. Montini & M. Antonelli

  3. Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli, 8 00168, Rome, Italy

    Gennaro De Pascale, G. Bello, A. M. Dell’Anna, L. Montini & M. Antonelli

  4. Critical Care Department URV/IISPV/CIBERES, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, Mallafré Guasch 4, 43007, Tarragona, Spain

    Gerard Moreno & Alejandro Rodriguez

  5. Pulmonary Intensive Care Unit, Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBER, Barcelona, Spain

    Ignacio Martin-Loeches

  6. St. James’s Hospital, Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Research Organization (MICRO), Dublin, Ireland

    Ignacio Martin-Loeches

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De Pascale, G., Bello, G., Dell’Anna, A.M. et al. Steroids and severe pneumonia. Ready for the winter? Discussion on “Corticosteroid treatment in critically ill patients with severe influenza pneumonia: a propensity score matching study”. Intensive Care Med 44, 2319–2320 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5414-3

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