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ArticleClinical case reports2021

Corticosteroid therapy for 2019-nCoV-infected patients: A case series of eight mechanically ventilated patients.

Mabrouk Al-Rasheedi, Yasir Alhazmi, Nouf Almaqwashi, Alreshidi Mateq Ali, Abdulaziz Kardam, Mohammod Sharaf, Khawaja Husnain Haider

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mabrouk Al-RasheediAlbukairyah General Hospital Ministry of Health Albukairyah Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4730-0575
Yasir AlhazmiClinical Pharmacy Department King Faisal Medical City Abha Saudi Arabia.
Nouf AlmaqwashiClinical Pharmacy Department College of Pharmacy Qassim University Buraidah Saudi Arabia.
Alreshidi Mateq AliMedical Laboratory Sciences Sulaiman AlRajhi University Albukairyah Saudi Arabia.
Abdulaziz KardamClinical Pharmacy Department King Faisal Medical City Abha Saudi Arabia.
Mohammod SharafAlbukairyah General Hospital Ministry of Health Albukairyah Saudi Arabia.
Khawaja Husnain HaiderDepartment of Basic Sciences Sulaiman AlRajhi University Albukairiyah Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-dose short-term corticosteroid therapy is effective and produces favorable clinical outcome in patients with severe 2019-nCoV infection who are candidates for mechanical ventilation with close monitor/ing for the adverse effect of corticosteroids.

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2019‐nCoVARDScorticosteroidsCOVID‐19MERSmethylprednisoloneSARS

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PMID34084491
PMCPMC8142400

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