Role of Oral Corticosteroids in Treatment of Home Isolated COVID-19 Patients
Aboelmagd, M., Hassan, M., Hamed, E., Abdo, M., Louis, N. (2021). Role of Oral Corticosteroids in Treatment of Home Isolated COVID-19 Patients. EKB Journal Management System, 30(4), 19-24. doi: 10.21608/ejmm.2021.197450
Mohammed A. Aboelmagd; Mariam Hassan; Eman R. Hamed; Mohamed M. Abdo; Nageh Louis. "Role of Oral Corticosteroids in Treatment of Home Isolated COVID-19 Patients". EKB Journal Management System, 30, 4, 2021, 19-24. doi: 10.21608/ejmm.2021.197450
Aboelmagd, M., Hassan, M., Hamed, E., Abdo, M., Louis, N. (2021). 'Role of Oral Corticosteroids in Treatment of Home Isolated COVID-19 Patients', EKB Journal Management System, 30(4), pp. 19-24. doi: 10.21608/ejmm.2021.197450
Aboelmagd, M., Hassan, M., Hamed, E., Abdo, M., Louis, N. Role of Oral Corticosteroids in Treatment of Home Isolated COVID-19 Patients. EKB Journal Management System, 2021; 30(4): 19-24. doi: 10.21608/ejmm.2021.197450

Role of Oral Corticosteroids in Treatment of Home Isolated COVID-19 Patients

Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology
Article 3, Volume 30, Issue 4, October 2021, Page 19-24  XML PDF (225.48 K)
Document Type: New and original researches in the field of Microbiology.
DOI: 10.21608/ejmm.2021.197450
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Authors
Mohammed A. Aboelmagd1; Mariam Hassan email 2; Eman R. Hamed3; Mohamed M. Abdo4; Nageh Louis1
1Lecturer of Endemic and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
2Resident of Gastroenterology, Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
3Assistant Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
4Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
Abstract
Background: There is a debate over the efficacy of corticosteroids (CS) in management of Coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19); yet, few are declared about its role in treatment of mild conditions. Objectives: in this study, we aimed at investigating the role of corticosteroids in mild cases of COVID-19. Methodology: in a case control study, we included 100 patients with mild COVID-19. The incidence of improvement, disappearance of symptoms, appearance of new symptoms and deterioration were compared between cases and control group. Results: More than three fourths of the study participants showed improvement of symptoms, with disappearance of symptoms in 64% and 85% of group 1 and group 2, respectively. Only few numbers of patients deteriorated. Noticeably, a remarkable number of patients expressed new symptoms by the end of the study. Conclusions: corticosteroids has no role in clinical progression of cases with mild COVID-19. CS use should be reserved for severe symptoms of COVID-19.
Keywords
COVID-19; Corona virus; SARS-CoV-2; Corticosteroids
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