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. 2021 Apr;82(4):84-123.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.11.001. Epub 2020 Nov 8.

Early, low-dose, short-term methylprednisolone decreased the mortality in critical COVID-19 patients: A multicenter retrospective cohort study

Jingjing Ji  1 , Ming Wu  2 , Li Zhong  3 , Zheying Liu  1 , Conglin Wang  1 , Ziyun Shao  4 , Qifeng Xie  1 , Zhifeng Liu  5
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Early, low-dose, short-term methylprednisolone decreased the mortality in critical COVID-19 patients: A multicenter retrospective cohort study

Jingjing Ji et al. J Infect. 2021 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Covid-19; Critical patients; Fatality; Methylprednisolone.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Fig. 1
Effect of methylprednisolone therapy on the 60-day fatality in different subgroup (n = 338).
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Fig. 2
Effect of different starting time, dosage, and duration of methylprednisolone on the on the 60-day fatality of critical type patients (n = 107).
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