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SUBMITTER: Keller MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7518134 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Keller Marla J MJ Kitsis Elizabeth A EA Arora Shitij S Chen Jen-Ting JT Agarwal Shivani S Ross Michael J MJ Tomer Yaron Y Southern William W
Journal of hospital medicine 20200801 8
The efficacy of glucocorticoids in COVID-19 is unclear. This study was designed to determine whether systemic glucocorticoid treatment in COVID-19 patients is associated with reduced mortality or mechanical ventilation. This observational study included 1,806 hospitalized COVID-19 patients; 140 were treated with glucocorticoids within 48 hours of admission. Early use of glucocorticoids was not associated with mortality or mechanical ventilation. However, glucocorticoid treatment of patients with ...[more]