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

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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virology

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.

DOI

10.21608/ejmm.2021.197450

Keywords

COVID-19, Corona virus, SARS-CoV-2, Corticosteroids

Authors

First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Aboelmagd

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Lecturer of Endemic and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

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First Name

Mariam

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Resident of Gastroenterology, Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

Email

mariamdarweesh11@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Eman

Last Name

Hamed

MiddleName

R.

Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

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Orcid

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abdo

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

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City

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Orcid

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First Name

Nageh

Last Name

Louis

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Lecturer of Endemic and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

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Volume

30

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

27919

Issue Date

2021-10-01

Receive Date

2021-05-31

Publish Date

2021-10-01

Page Start

19

Page End

24

Print ISSN

1110-2179

Online ISSN

2537-0979

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EJMM_Volume 30_Issue 4_Pages 19-24.pdf

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https://ejmm.journals.ekb.eg/article_197450.html

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New and original researches in the field of Microbiology.

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2,038

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Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology

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https://ejmm.journals.ekb.eg/

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

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Created At

23 Jan 2023