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On the use of corticosteroids for 2019-nCoV pneumonia.

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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2020-02-29 and is currently open access. It has received 513 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pneumonia & Lung injury.

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Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19

TL;DR: In patients hospitalized with Covid-19, the use of dexamethasone resulted in lower 28-day mortality among those who were receiving either invasive mechanical ventilation or oxygen alone at randomization but not among those receiving no respiratory support.
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Kidney disease is associated with in-hospital death of patients with COVID-19.

TL;DR: The findings show the prevalence of kidney disease on admission and the development of AKI during hospitalization in patients with COVID-19 is high and is associated with in-hospital mortality, and clinicians should increase their awareness of kidney patients with severe CO VID-19.
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Immunology of COVID-19: Current State of the Science.

Nicolas Vabret, +87 more
- 16 Jun 2020 - 
TL;DR: The current state of knowledge of innate and adaptive immune responses elicited by SARS-CoV-2 infection and the immunological pathways that likely contribute to disease severity and death are summarized.
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Clinical evidence does not support corticosteroid treatment for 2019-nCoV lung injury.

TL;DR: The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak is a major challenge for clinicians as little data is available that describe the disease pathogenesis, and no pharmacological therapies of proven efficacy yet exist, so understanding the evidence for harm or benefit from corticosteroids in 2019-n coV is of immediate clinical importance.
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SARS: Systematic Review of Treatment Effects

TL;DR: It was not possible to determine whether treatments benefited patients during the SARS outbreak, but clinical trials should be designed to validate a standard protocol for dosage and timing and to accrue data in real time during future outbreaks to monitor specific adverse effects and help inform treatment.
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Corticosteroid Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the effect of adjunctive corticosteroid therapy for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia and the possibility of publication bias was performed.
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Treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome With Glucosteroids: The Guangzhou Experience

TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated the efficacy and safety profiles of corticosteroid therapy in severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients, and found that proper use of the drug in confirmed critical SARS resulted in lowered mortality and shorter hospitalization stay.
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