Effects of corticosteroids on Covid-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis on clinical outcomes

FE Chaharom, L Pourafkari, AAE Chaharom… - Pulmonary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Covid-19 disease is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2). Although corticosteroids have shown some promising results in Covid-19 …

The roles of methylprednisolone treatment in patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

S Hong, H Wang, Z Zhang, L Qiao - Steroids, 2022 - Elsevier
The roles of methylprednisolone in treatment of patients with COVID-19 remain unclear. The
aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of methylprednisolone in treatment …

Comparison of a target trial emulation framework vs Cox regression to estimate the association of corticosteroids with COVID-19 mortality

KL Hoffman, EJ Schenck, MJ Satlin… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Communication and adoption of modern study design and analytical techniques
is of high importance for the improvement of clinical research from observational data …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and safety of corticosteroid use in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Cui, Y Sun, J Sun, H Liang, X Ding, X Sun… - Infectious Diseases and …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction We conducted a comprehensive literature review to synthesize evidence for the
relationship between corticosteroid use and mortality in patients with COVID-19. Methods …

Efficacy and safety of corticosteroid regimens for the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a meta-analysis

F Zhou, J Deng, K Heybati, QK Zuo, S Ali, W Hou… - Future …, 2022 - Future Medicine
Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of corticosteroids for treating hospitalized COVID-19
patients. Materials & methods: Efficacy outcomes included time to negative SARS-CoV-2 …

Treatment with 3-day methylprednisolone pulses in severe cases of COVID-19 compared with the standard regimen protocol of dexamethasone

M Dafni, M Karampeli, I Michelakis… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, research has been focused on establishing effective
treatments, especially for patients with severe pneumonia and hyperinflammation. The role …

[HTML][HTML] Immunomodulatory therapy for the management of critically ill patients with COVID-19: A narrative review

D Andaluz-Ojeda, P Vidal-Cortes, ÁA Sanz… - World Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the
causative agent of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic …

[HTML][HTML] Early Stage Combination Treatment with Methylprednisolone Pulse and Remdesivir for Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia

C Mastruzzo, E Commodari, U Grasso… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: This study evaluated the clinical outcomes of patients with severe COVID-19
pneumonia treated with remdesivir plus standard corticosteroid treatment (SCT) or with …

Comparing efficacy and safety of tocilizumab and methylprednisolone in the treatment of patients with severe COVID-19

L Abbasian, N Toroghi, H Rahmani, H Khalili… - International …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives This study was designed to compare the efficacy and safety of
methylprednisolone and tocilizumab in the treatment of patients with severe COVID-19 …

[PDF][PDF] Methylprednisolone Pulse Therapy in COVID-19 as the First Choice for Public Health: When Right Timing Breaks Controversies—Emergency Guide

LGF de Assis Barros - 2021 - sadil.ws
Based on Russian and the Middle East corticosteroids trials in MERS-CoV, we performed
methylprednisolone pulse therapy (MPT), resulting in a clinical trial still without result. Our …