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Paula G.
MoonQuakerGirl
DEXAMETHASONE to treat #COVID__19 -Overview and Update *THREAD* Dexamethasone is the first drug found to reduce mortality in severely ill #COVID__19 patients. Dexamethasone is a corticosteroid that is used
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
Breaking: Trump doctor Sean Conley says “he’s doing really well” after dexamethasone and plans to be discharged tomorrow. Dexamethasone is pretty extreme sign though. It’s mostly been reserved for patients
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Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA
celinegounder
1/ Why do doctors like me & @meganranney ask how high the POTUS' fever has been, if his O2 levels have been low, whether he's required supplemental oxygen? It's the
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Michele Dauber
mldauber
I was treated with Dexamethasone following brain surgery. It is (as my team told me) a drug that seriously messes with your mind. It is a bad drug. I could
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Tim Hogan
TimInHonolulu
1. Something I'm watching with Trump: The literature I saw didn't recommend #Dexamethasone early in the disease course. There were concerns that it would suppress the immune system's initial response,
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Adam W Gaffney
awgaffney
For years, we have had mixed data on whether steroids were beneficial or not in ARDS. Now, there is evidence — not yet in paper form — from a well respected
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Carl T. Bergstrom
CT_Bergstrom
Last week, a press released provided initial and promising results from a large scale trial of the corticosteroid dexamethasone in hospitalized COVID patients. Today the authors released a full report:
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Brian A. Cahn, MD
brian_cahn
Trump is definitely worse than they are letting on. Every step of the way the picture they painted of his clinical status was not in line with the treatments he
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
1 in 4 chance of death: In UK RECOVERY trial of Dexamethasone—#COVID19 mortality rate in TREATMENT group (got dexamethasone) for patients needing O2 was 23.3% (vs. 26.2% in patients w/out
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Palmer Report
PalmerReport
Many of you think Trump is faking coronavirus now that he's suddenly well. But you've got it backward. It's the "well" part that's a fake. That dexamethasone steroid would have
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
Dear journalists—please don’t let any pundits say Dexamethasone is some amazing miracle #COVID19 drug. does *NOT* work if not on O2 in RECOVERY trial. (even trends higher risk)cuts risk only
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Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
ashishkjha
Dexamethasone RecoveryTrial data outNot yet peer-reviewed but thank goodness for preprintA few reflections1. The randomization worked. The groups were pretty balanced2. They pre-specified their subgroups. That's importantSo the results?
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Bob Wachter
Bob_Wachter
I’ve not yet seen report on whether Trump has received dexamethasone (steroids); we know he already got remdesivir (antiviral) & “cocktail” of monoclonal antibodies. But steroids, the only drugs proven
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Abraar Karan
AbraarKaran
1/ Reports that Trump received #dexamethasone— a steroid that should only be used on patients who require oxygen or are critically ill with #covid19. This was proven to reduce mortality
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Lennie Derde
Lennie333
Breaking: on September 2nd, the first REMAP-CAP results will be published 1/9 Does hydrocortison work as a treatment of patients who have #COVID-19 and are severely ill? That is the
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Francisco Marty, MD
FranciscoMarty_
Updated the #RECOVERYtrial topline results summary table of the #dexamethasone arm compared to usual care for treatment of hospitalized patients with #COVID19.Got additional information colleagues shared in Twitter.Thread with some
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