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Chest dual-energy CT to assess the effects of steroids on lung function in severe COVID-19 patients

BACKGROUND: Steroids have been shown to reduce inflammation, hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) and lung edema. Based on evidence from clinical trials, steroids are widely used in severe COVID-19. However, the effects of steroids on pulmonary gas volume and blood volume in this group of patien...

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Autores principales: Perchiazzi, Gaetano, Larina, Aleksandra, Hansen, Tomas, Frithiof, Robert, Hultström, Michael, Lipcsey, Miklos, Pellegrini, Mariangela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9595078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36284360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-04200-z