Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19: Use of Steroids in Mostly Unvaccinated COVID-19 Patients Before the Omicron Variant.

Sang-Min Oh Sin Young Ham Hyeon Jeong Suh Eunyoung Lee Wan Beom Park

Published in: Journal of Korean medical science (2022)

The dose and duration of steroids were in line with current guidelines in 82.5% of COVID-19 patients, but the outliers may need tailored therapy according to surrogate markers, such as initial lymphopenia or high level of LDH.

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