January 15, 2021

Corticosteroid Treatment Has No Effect on Hospital Mortality in COVID-19 Patients

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Testing and Treatment

Keywords (Tags): treatment

Treatment with corticosteroids was not associated with in-hospital mortality among adults hospitalized with COVID-19 (n=1,444) after adjusting for confounding factors, although patients receiving steroids were less likely to be admitted to the ICU compared to patients not receiving them. The authors used propensity score matching to account for potential differences between patients who were prescribed corticosteroids and those who were not. 

Albani et al. (Dec 13, 2021). Corticosteroid Treatment Has No Effect on Hospital Mortality in COVID-19 Patients. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80654-x