… In conclusion, we found that the regular use of low-dose inhaled corticosteroids is associated
with a decreased risk of death from asthma. This finding has important implications for the …

… in part to improved diagnosis and more accurate certification of death, but also due to better
treatment, particularly with the introduction of inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) [6]. However, no …

… of time to receive inhaled corticosteroids. The previous … monitored patients to ascertain
death or hospitalizations. This … of their inhaled corticosteroids, were associated with death and …

… The receipt of inhaled steroids within 30 days of death was … of COPD patients to whom
inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) were … when the risk for hospital readmission or death is high and …

… effect of inhaled corticosteroids on death from asthma. We believe that there is in fact no
contradiction at all among these studies and that inhaled corticosteroids do prevent death from …

… It is therefore likely that, by not fully capturing deaths which occurred in the post-withdrawal
period, we may have underestimated the true effect of inhaled corticosteroids because the …

… Indeed, we found that eosinophil counts of ≥ 200/μL may be the strongest predictor of the
association between inhaled therapy containing ICSs and the all-cause death risk in patients …

… A separate search string was used to identify observational studies: “inhaled corticosteroids”
AND “cohort OR case–control” AND “mortality OR death OR myocardial OR cardiovascular” …

… During the follow-up period, there were 2,404 (35.7%) deaths in the … inhaled corticosteroids
was associated with 39% fewer deaths than in those not on these medications (relative risk (…

… the benefits and risks of inhaled corticosteroids, alone and combined with inhaled long-…
This bias was induced by evaluating corticosteroids use after some patients had died. Thus, …