corticotherapy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

cortico- +‎ therapy

Noun[edit]

corticotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural corticotherapies)

  1. (medicine) The therapeutic use of corticoids (especially glucocorticoids)
    • 2015 December 8, “Adjunctive Corticotherapy for Community Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      We systematically reviewed the risks and benefits of adjunctive corticotherapy in the management of patients with CAP. Methods We systematically searched Pubmed, Embase and the Cochrane Library for randomized controlled trials comparing adjunctive corticotherapy and antimicrobial therapy with antimicrobial therapy alone in patients with CAP. The primary outcome was 30-day mortality.
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