Statins and Sepsis Literature Review - Pharmacology & Pharmacy

PP > Vol.4 No.8, November 2013

Statins and Sepsis Literature Review ()

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DOI: 10.4236/pp.2013.48082 4,814 Downloads 7,500 Views

Author(s)

Alicia Hernández Torres, Ana Belén Hernández Cascales, Pedro Pujante Alarcón, Alfonso López Ruiz, María Ángeles Ibáñez Gil, María Dolores Hellín Gil

Affiliation(s)

Health Center Mariano Yago, Murcia, Spain.
Hospital University Virgen de la Arrixaca de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Hospital University Virgen de la Arrixaca de Murcia, Murcia, Spain;.
Pharmaceutical Care Research at the University of Granada, Granada, Spain;.

ABSTRACT

Recent data suggest that, in addition to improving dyslipidemia, statin may reduce the risk of infections and infection-related complications. The aim of this study is to make a review of the literature about the effects of statins on clinically relevant outcomes of patients admitted to the hospital and having an infection and/or sepsis, principally in terms of intensive care unit admissions and related death.

KEYWORDS

Statins; Pravastatin; Simvastatin; Sepsis; Bacteremia; Mortality

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A. Torres, A. Cascales, P. Alarcón, A. López Ruiz, M. Gil and M. Gil, "Statins and Sepsis Literature Review," Pharmacology & Pharmacy, Vol. 4 No. 8, 2013, pp. 573-577. doi: 10.4236/pp.2013.48082.

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