Rapid Radiological Worsening and Cytokine Storm Syndrome in COVID-19 Pneumonia
Background: In June 2020, a large randomised controlled clinical trial in the UK found that dexamethasone was effective in reducing the number of deaths in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Case description: We describe a patient with rapid worsening of COVID-19 pneumonia a...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SMC MEDIA SRL
2020-07-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1822 |
| Summary: | Background: In June 2020, a large randomised controlled clinical trial in the UK found that dexamethasone was effective in reducing the number of deaths in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Case description: We describe a patient with rapid worsening of COVID-19 pneumonia and its dramatic improvement under corticosteroids.
Discussion: Corticosteroids could be useful in patients with an inflammatory profile, considering that acute respiratory distress syndrome may be the consequence of cytokine storm syndrome. |
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| ISSN: | 2284-2594 |