title: POINT: should patients receiving statins prior to ICU admission be continued on statin therapy? Yes.
authors.affiliation: Medical Intensive Care Unit/Pulmonary, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, KY. Electronic address: alex.flannery@uky.edu.
authors.forename: Alexander H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Flannery
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba; Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Kruger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061214:Patient Safety; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors