Corticosteroid Administration Is Associated with Improved Outcome in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2-Related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Critical Care Explorations

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2020, Pages E0143-

  Chopra, Amit ^a   Chieng, Hau C ^a   Austin, Adam ^a   Tiwari, Anupama ^a   Mehta, Swati ^a   Nautiyal, Amit ^a   Al Tarbsheh, Ali Hani ^a   Jain, Esha ^a   Feustel, Paul J ^b   Shkolnik, Boris ^a   Jaitovich, Ariel ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute respiratory distress syndrome; corticosteroids; mechanical ventilator; outcome; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

Indexed keywords

EID: 85092753478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 26398028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000143     Document Type: Article

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