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Study of the effectiveness of methylprednisolone at different stages of inpatient care for patients with pneumonia caused by a new COVID-19 coronavirus infection
2020
Glucocorticoid therapy for a cytokine storm is one of the mainstays of managing the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of methylprednisolone at different stages of medical care: in an intensive care unit (ICU) vs. a medical ward setting. Methylprednisolone therapy was delivered to 54 patients, amounting to 9% of the total patients hospitalized to the Federal Center of Brain Research and Neurotechnology of FMBA, Russia. Twenty-eight patients received methylprednisolone in the ICU setting; 26 patients, in a medical ward setting. The control group comprised 14 patients. Methylprednisolone was administered continuously, intravenously at 250 mg per day over the course of 3 days; the total dose was 750 mg. The analysis revealed a significant reduction in mortality in the group receiving methylprednisolone in a medical ward setting (7.7%) in comparison with the group receiving the drug in ICU (67.9%) and the control group (42.9%, р
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- 1. Version of Record от 2020-08-17
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Название журнала
- Bulletin officiel
Выпуск
- (3)2020
Издатель
- Federal Medical Biological Agency
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- journal article
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- CC BY
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- Свободная лицензия
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