Association Between Administration of Systemic Corticosteroids and Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19

Abstract

In this prospective meta-analysis of clinical trials of critically ill patients with COVID-19, administration of systemic corticosteroids, compared with usual care or placebo, was associated with lower 28-day all-cause mortality.

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MedicineRandomized controlled trialMeta-analysisInternal medicineOdds ratioPlaceboObservational studyClinical trial

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Year: 2020
Type: review
Volume: 324
Issue: 13
Pages: 1330-1330
Citations: 2310
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                                    Jonathan A C Sterne, 
                                
                                    Srinivas Murthy, 
                                
                                    Janet Dı́az
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Association Between Administration of Systemic Corticosteroids and Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19. 
                            JAMA
                            , 324
                            (13)
                            , 1330-1330.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.17023
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.17023