Association between treatment with corticosteroids, risk of death among critically ill patients with COVID-19

What The Study Did: The results of seven randomized clinical trials with 1,703 critically ill patients with COVID-19 were combined to estimate the association between administration of corticosteroids compared with usual care or placebo and the risk of death after 28 days.

Authors: Jonathan A.C. Sterne, M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D., of the University of Bristol in England, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.17023)

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