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...
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| author | Yvon Ruch Charlotte Kaeuffer Aurélien Guffroy Nicolas Lefebvre Yves Hansmann François Danion |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-0362681fd8224f19b35177598eb648ea2022-12-22T03:04:45ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942020-07-0110.12890/2020_0018221449Rapid Radiological Worsening and Cytokine Storm Syndrome in COVID-19 PneumoniaYvon Ruch0Charlotte Kaeuffer1Aurélien Guffroy2Nicolas Lefebvre3Yves Hansmann4François Danion5Department of Infectious Diseases, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, FranceDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, FranceDepartment of Clinical Immunology and Internal Medicine, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, FranceDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, FranceDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, FranceDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, FranceBackground: 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.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1822covid-19coronaviruscytokine storm syndromecomputed tomographycorticosteroids |
| spellingShingle | Yvon Ruch Charlotte Kaeuffer Aurélien Guffroy Nicolas Lefebvre Yves Hansmann François Danion Rapid Radiological Worsening and Cytokine Storm Syndrome in COVID-19 Pneumonia European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine covid-19 coronavirus cytokine storm syndrome computed tomography corticosteroids |
| title | Rapid Radiological Worsening and Cytokine Storm Syndrome in COVID-19 Pneumonia |
| title_full | Rapid Radiological Worsening and Cytokine Storm Syndrome in COVID-19 Pneumonia |
| title_fullStr | Rapid Radiological Worsening and Cytokine Storm Syndrome in COVID-19 Pneumonia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rapid Radiological Worsening and Cytokine Storm Syndrome in COVID-19 Pneumonia |
| title_short | Rapid Radiological Worsening and Cytokine Storm Syndrome in COVID-19 Pneumonia |
| title_sort | rapid radiological worsening and cytokine storm syndrome in covid 19 pneumonia |
| topic | covid-19 coronavirus cytokine storm syndrome computed tomography corticosteroids |
| url | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1822 |
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