The Impact of Corticosteroids on Secondary Infection and Mortality in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Corticosteroids are part of the treatment guidelines for COVID-19 and have been shown to improve mortality. However, the impact corticosteroids have on the development of secondary infection in COVID-19 is unknown. We sought to define the rate of secondary infection in critically ill patients with COVID-19 and determine the effect of corticosteroid use on mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19.

Study design and methods

One hundred and thirty-five critically ill patients with COVID-19 admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the University of Maryland Medical Center were included in this single-center retrospective analysis. Demographics, symptoms, culture data, use of COVID-19 directed therapies, and outcomes were abstracted from the medical record

SUBMITTER: Ritter LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8442131 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature