The Application of Corticosteroids in COVID-19: A Two-edged Sword

COVID-19 has become a global pandemic and requires the whole world to respond together. There is no specific antiviral treatment recommended at present for COVID-19. The patients must receive the supportive care to help relieve the symptoms and ensure appropriate infection control. Whether or not to...

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Autores principales: Li, Na, Jie, Zhijun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sciendo 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7500115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32983928
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jtim-2020-0011
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description COVID-19 has become a global pandemic and requires the whole world to respond together. There is no specific antiviral treatment recommended at present for COVID-19. The patients must receive the supportive care to help relieve the symptoms and ensure appropriate infection control. Whether or not to use corticosteroids clinically caused controversy. This article has summarized previous researches about the using of corticosteroids in other viral pneumonia, related clinical data in COVID-19, and recommendations in Chinese guideline.
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spelling pubmed-75001152020-09-25 The Application of Corticosteroids in COVID-19: A Two-edged Sword Li, Na Jie, Zhijun J Transl Int Med Highlight COVID-19 has become a global pandemic and requires the whole world to respond together. There is no specific antiviral treatment recommended at present for COVID-19. The patients must receive the supportive care to help relieve the symptoms and ensure appropriate infection control. Whether or not to use corticosteroids clinically caused controversy. This article has summarized previous researches about the using of corticosteroids in other viral pneumonia, related clinical data in COVID-19, and recommendations in Chinese guideline. Sciendo 2020-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7500115/ /pubmed/32983928 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jtim-2020-0011 Text en © 2020 Na Li et al., published by Sciendo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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title The Application of Corticosteroids in COVID-19: A Two-edged Sword
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title_fullStr The Application of Corticosteroids in COVID-19: A Two-edged Sword
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title_short The Application of Corticosteroids in COVID-19: A Two-edged Sword
title_sort application of corticosteroids in covid-19: a two-edged sword
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7500115/
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