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. 2020 Aug;81(2):e89-e90.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.05.023. Epub 2020 May 14.

Corticosteroid use in selected patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome related to COVID-19

Suzanne Goursaud  1 , Richard Descamps  2 , Cédric Daubin  2 , Damien du Cheyron  2 , Xavier Valette  2
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Corticosteroid use in selected patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome related to COVID-19

Suzanne Goursaud et al. J Infect. 2020 Aug.
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Keywords: Acute respiratory distress syndrome; COVID-19; Corticosteroids.

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(a) Schematic time course of two critically ill COVID-19 patients. Dots and lozenges represent computed tomography and chest X-rays, respectively, corresponding to Fig. 1b. (b) Radiological evolution of two patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome related to COVID-19 who were treated with low-dose corticosteroids. ICU: intensive care unit, ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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