Preadmission use of statins and outcomes after hospitalization with pneumonia: population-based cohort study of 29,900 patients.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on October 27, 2008

Authors

Reimar W Thomsen1, Anders Riis, Jette B Kornum, Steffen Christensen, Søren P Johnsen, Henrik T Sørensen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University and Aalborg Hospital, Forskningens Hus, Aalborg, Denmark. r.thomsen@rn.dk

Associated clinical trials:

Effect of Simvastatin on Pneumonia Prognosis in Elderly Patients | NCT01651728

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