Pre-admission statin use and in-hospital severity of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) disease.
<h4>Background</h4>Statins are drugs that are used to lower plasma cholesterol levels. Recently, contradictory claims have been made about possible additional effects of statins on progression of a variety of inflammatory disorders, including infections. We therefore examined the clinica...
Main Authors: | Stephen J Brett, Puja Myles, Wei Shen Lim, Joanne E Enstone, Barbara Bannister, Malcolm G Semple, Robert C Read, Bruce L Taylor, Jim McMenamin, Karl G Nicholson, Jonathan S Nguyen-Van-Tam, Peter J M Openshaw, Influenza Clinical Information Network (FLU-CIN) |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-04-01
|
Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21541017/?tool=EBI |
Similar Items
-
Pre-admission statin use and in-hospital severity of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) disease
by: Brett, Stephen J., et al.
Published: (2011) -
The comparative clinical course of pregnant and non-pregnant women hospitalised with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infection.
by: Gayle P Dolan, et al.
Published: (2012-01-01) -
An evaluation of community assessment tools (CATs) in predicting use of clinical interventions and severe outcomes during the A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic.
by: Malcolm G Semple, et al.
Published: (2013-01-01) -
The comparative clinical course of pregnant and non-pregnant women hospitalised with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infection
by: Dolan, Gayle P., et al.
Published: (2012) -
An evaluation of community assessment tools (CATs) in predicting use of clinical interventions and severe outcomes during the A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic
by: Cowling, Benjamin J., et al.
Published: (2013)