RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Steroids in COVID-19: An overview
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
DO 10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc059
A1 Kshitij Chatterjee
A1 Chao-Ping Wu
A1 Abhishek Bhardwaj
A1 Matthew Siuba
YR 2020
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/early/2020/08/18/ccjm.87a.ccc059.abstract
AB Most antiviral or immunomodulatory therapies investigated for use in patients with COVID-19 have failed to show any mortality benefit. Similar to the previous pandemics caused by respiratory viruses, the role and benefit of corticosteroids has been under debate in COVID-19–related pulmonary disease. In this consult, we discuss the evidence regarding the efficacy of corticosteroid use in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, including data from the first randomized controlled trial on this subject.