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Comment
. 2023 May 6;401(10387):1474-1476.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00587-1. Epub 2023 Apr 13.

Higher-dose dexamethasone for patients with COVID-19 and hypoxaemia?

Anders Perner  1 , Balasubramanian Venkatesh  2
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Higher-dose dexamethasone for patients with COVID-19 and hypoxaemia?

Anders Perner et al. Lancet. .
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Conflict of interest statement

AP and BV were investigators on the COVID STEROID 2 trial, which was funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. AP receives research funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and Sygeforsikringen danmark, and has received honorarium from Novartis for participating on an advisory board. The Department of Intensive Care, Rigshospitalet has received funding for research from Pfizer within the past 3 years and has done contract research for AM-Pharma. BV is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Research Fellowship and has received institutional research support from Baxter.

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