Although they did not reach statistical significance, the lower inflammatory, CRP, and procalcitonin levels among the patients on continuous statin therapy (Table 4 ) are in accordance with previous observations showing an effect of statin therapy on reducing inflammatory parameters in patients with severe sepsis [ 8 , 29 ] and in a human model of acute lung injury [ 6 ].
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Impact of statin therapy on mortality in patients with sepsis-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) depends on ARDS severity: a prospective observational cohort study.
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