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Steroid treatment helping improve coronavirus survival rate by 20 per cent – The New Daily
Treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with corticosteroid drugs reduces the risk of death by 20 per cent, a new analysis reveals.
Treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with corticosteroid drugs reduces the risk of death by 20 per cent, an analysis of seven international trials indicates, prompting the World Health Organisation to update its advice on treatment.
The analysis, which pooled data from separate trials of low-dose hydrocortisone, dexamethasone and methylprednisolone, concluded that steroids improve survival rates of COVID-19 patients sick enough to be in intensive care in hospital.
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