Health
Steroids cut COVID-19 death rates, but not for everyone – here’s who benefits and who doesn’t – The Conversation US
Three new studies show corticosteroids can reduce deaths in critically ill COVID-19 patients. But what about other patients?
New studies show that treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with inexpensive steroids can cut their risk of dying from the illness by a third. The results are so clear that the World Health Organization changed its advice on Sept. 2 and now strongly recommends corticosteroids as a first-line treatment for the sickest patients.
Steroids arent risk-free, however. They can have side effects, and they could do more harm than good in patients with milder cases of COVID-19.
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