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Weekly JAMA Feature for June 15
EQUAL OR BETTER OUTCOMES FOR HOSPITALIZED C-O-P-D PATIENTS WHEN GIVEN LOW VERSUS HIGH DOSE STEROID THERAPY
JAMA RADIO REPORT
Each week, JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association produces a one-minute radio news package, and makes it available to stations free of charge at www.TheJAMAReport.org
Producers can download MP3 versions of the packages, and are free to edit the pieces and/or use the actualities as best suits their stations’ needs.
Each week, JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association produces a one-minute radio news package, and makes it available to stations free of charge at www.TheJAMAReport.org
Producers can download MP3 versions of the packages, and are free to edit the pieces and/or use the actualities as best suits their stations’ needs.
This week’s package has an embargo until 4 p.m. (ET) Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Radio script (TRT 1:00)
June 15, 2010
VO: CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE OR C-O-P-D CAN DESTROY NORMAL LUNG TISSUE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO BREATHE. THOSE HOSPITALIZED WITH C-O-P-D ARE OFTEN TREATED WITH STEROIDS. WHILE EFFECTIVE, STEROIDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MANY SIDE EFFECTS. A NEW STUDY SHOWS PATIENTS GIVEN LOW DOSE ORAL STEROIDS DO JUST AS WELL IF NOT BETTER THAN THOSE GIVEN HIGH DOSE I-V THERAPY.
“Nine out of ten patients were treated with high doses of steroids administered intravenously rather than the low doses given by mouth.”
VO: DR. PETER LINDENAUER FROM BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER AND CO-AUTHORS STUDIED C-O-P-D PATEINTS AT MORE THAN 400 HOSPITALS IN 2006 AND 2007 TREATED WITH STEROIDS IN THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF HOSPITALIZATION. THE STUDY APPEARS IN THIS WEEK’S JAMA, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
“Patients treated with low dose oral therapy had similar if not better outcomes than patients in the high dose intravenous group, yet they were spared the risks associated with high dose steroid exposure.”
VO: CATHERINE DOLF, THE JAMA REPORT.
Radio script (TRT 1:00)
June 15, 2010
VO: CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE OR C-O-P-D CAN DESTROY NORMAL LUNG TISSUE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO BREATHE. THOSE HOSPITALIZED WITH C-O-P-D ARE OFTEN TREATED WITH STEROIDS. WHILE EFFECTIVE, STEROIDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MANY SIDE EFFECTS. A NEW STUDY SHOWS PATIENTS GIVEN LOW DOSE ORAL STEROIDS DO JUST AS WELL IF NOT BETTER THAN THOSE GIVEN HIGH DOSE I-V THERAPY.
“Nine out of ten patients were treated with high doses of steroids administered intravenously rather than the low doses given by mouth.”
VO: DR. PETER LINDENAUER FROM BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER AND CO-AUTHORS STUDIED C-O-P-D PATEINTS AT MORE THAN 400 HOSPITALS IN 2006 AND 2007 TREATED WITH STEROIDS IN THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF HOSPITALIZATION. THE STUDY APPEARS IN THIS WEEK’S JAMA, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
“Patients treated with low dose oral therapy had similar if not better outcomes than patients in the high dose intravenous group, yet they were spared the risks associated with high dose steroid exposure.”
VO: CATHERINE DOLF, THE JAMA REPORT.