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Impact of statins on ALI/ARDS: A meta-analysis
Xia-Qing Gao1, Yan-Fang Li1, Zhi-Li Jiang1
1Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, China; Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, China.
Background:
Statins may be beneficial in treating acute lung injury (ALI) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), but their application remains controversial.
Objectives:
This meta-analysis of published studies investigated their potential benefit in ALI/ARDS treatment.
Methods:
PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar and Cochrane databases were searched and all randomized controlled trials (RCT) and cohort studies with head-to-head comparison between statin and standard care were included.
Results:
Three RCTs and six cohort studies were included. Overall, statins treatment had no significant effect on mortality compared with placebo (RCTs: OR = 0.99, 95% CI = 0.72, 1.37; cohorts: OR = 0.99, 95% CI = 0.71, 1.37). In addition, ventilator-free days were comparable between the two groups (RCTs: SMD = 0.08, 95% CI = -0.03, 0.19; cohorts: SMD = 0.06, 95% CI = -0.17, 0.29). The one-way sensitivity analysis confirmed the stability of results.
Conclusion:
The results did not show that statins had effects on mortality and ventilator-free days among ALI/ARDS patients. However, this meta-analysis is limited by the number of RCTs included.
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