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    Higher dose corticosteroids may increase mortality in hypoxic COVID-19 patients requiring only non-invasive oxygen therapy, shows study

    Higher dose corticosteroids may increase mortality in hypoxic COVID-19 patients requiring only non-invasive oxygen therapy, shows study

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    Compared with standard care that included low dose corticosteroid use, treating hypoxic COVID-19 patients needing only oxygen therapy or no breathing support with higher dose corticosteroids is associated with a 60% increased risk of death shows a new study to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2023, […] More

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    Higher-dose corticosteroids raise mortality risk by 60 percent in low-oxygen COVID patients: Lancet

    Higher-dose corticosteroids raise mortality risk by 60 percent in low-oxygen COVID patients: Lancet

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    UK: Higher dose corticosteroids compared with standard dose corticosteroids increase mortality for patients with COVID-19 and hypoxia who are not receiving invasive or non-invasive mechanical ventilation, findings from a large, randomised trial have shown.  The study found that compared with standard care that included low-dose corticosteroid use, treating hypoxic COVID-19 patients needing only oxygen therapy […] More