Statins and outcomes in patients with bloodstream infection

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Authors

Sharon Leung · Sound Shore Medical Center

Reha Pokharel · Sound Shore Medical Center

Michelle N. Gong · Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Abstract

After adjusting for the propensity to receive statin therapy, no statistically significant association between statin therapy before bloodstream infection and survival was identified.

Topics & Keywords

Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Streptococcal Infections and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Critical Care Medicine

Volume 40, Issue 4, pp. 1064-1071

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e31823bc9e7

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