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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2026

Hydrocortisone vs. Methylprednisolone in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Propensity Score Matching Study.

Juan Sebastian Hernández Puentes, Alirio Rodrigo Bastidas, Eduardo Andres Tuta Quintero, Catalina Marenco Galvis, Juanita Fetecua Chaparro, Alejandra Mora Vega, Valeria Leyton Franco, María José Juvinao Morales, María José Castro Salas, Juan Sebastián Ariza Zúñiga and 6 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Juan Sebastian Hernández PuentesSchool of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0001-8624-541X
Alirio Rodrigo BastidasSchool of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-8873-9779
Eduardo Andres Tuta QuinteroDepartment of Internal Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-7243-2238
Catalina Marenco GalvisSchool of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Juanita Fetecua ChaparroSchool of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.ORCID 0009-0001-9476-4292
Alejandra Mora VegaSchool of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Valeria Leyton FrancoSchool of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0003-3129-2803
María José Juvinao MoralesSchool of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
María José Castro SalasSchool of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Juan Sebastián Ariza ZúñigaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Viviana Catalina AndradeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-3438-1943
Isabella Criado QuinteroSchool of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Laura Valentina Medellín OrtizSchool of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Dayanna Beatriz Colpas EcheverriSchool of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.ORCID 0009-0007-4183-8036
Luisa Fernánda Arriaga BustosSchool of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.ORCID 0009-0005-0842-374X
Lina María López NuñezSchool of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Campus del Puente del Común, Km 7 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía 250001, Cundinamarca, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-1890-8653

Funding

Universidad de La Sabana MEDESP-48-2026
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Community-acquired pneumonia is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality due to infections worldwide. This has led to the study of the use of corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy, which has shown an inclination to provide clinical benefits. However, controversy persists regarding the use of one corticosteroid over another

Indexed as

hydrocortisonemethylprednisolonepneumonia

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PMID42513639
PMCPMC13412623

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