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Showing posts with label Statins and Infections. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Statins and Infections. Show all posts

Saturday, 20 February 2016

Stroke victims taking statins have increased risk of death and a 140% increased risk of infection

This study was published in the European Journal of Neurology 2008 Jan;15(1):82-90 Study title and authors: Simvastatin in the acute ph...

Thursday, 26 November 2015

Cardiac surgery patients taking statins have a 24% increased risk of death

This study was published in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009 Apr 1;48(7):e66-72 Study title and authors: Preoperative statin use and i...

Monday, 23 June 2014

Statin users have a 13% increased incidence of common infections

This study was published in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences 2014 Mar;347(3):211-6 Study title and authors: The effect of s...

Thursday, 24 October 2013

Statins increase the death rate by 53% in intensive care unit patients

This study was published in Intensive Care Medicine 2006 Jan;32(1):160-4 Study title and authors: Statin therapy prior to ICU admission...

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