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Let's be clear - The UK study trial of Dexamethasone is important.
The early ventilation in Covid (as used in ARDS) produced bad outcomes - which is counter intuitive
This is why these studies are vital.
Matt claiming the discovery was made here devalues the work. (thread) https://twitter.com/MattHancock/status/1272935050271735809
The early ventilation in Covid (as used in ARDS) produced bad outcomes - which is counter intuitive
This is why these studies are vital.
Matt claiming the discovery was made here devalues the work. (thread) https://twitter.com/MattHancock/status/1272935050271735809
Dexamethasone is already used in ICU in the treatment of Covid - Spain has been doing so since February. https://twitter.com/chrisciencia1/status/1272892859486781440?s=20
It is also used for ARDS (Acute Respiratory) https://twitter.com/AndyBiotech/status/1273042723231150086?s=20
The reasons WHY the Oxford study is important is there can be issues and side effects with steroid treatments
Like muscle wasting, blood sugar control etc.
These are not insignificant so needed to be formally tested.
Like muscle wasting, blood sugar control etc.
These are not insignificant so needed to be formally tested.
Also, this same trial showed hydroxychloroquine was useless.
It is likely most doctors won’t regard this as a new breakthrough - just recognition that some accepted approaches WILL work in Covid.
And, in many ways, that is priceless.
It is likely most doctors won’t regard this as a new breakthrough - just recognition that some accepted approaches WILL work in Covid.
And, in many ways, that is priceless.
The combination of NIHR and NHS enables us to do this kind of work much more effectively than others.
But it is nothing to do with HMG (bit of cash only)
Johnson & Hancock are grasping for a British success story.
But it is nothing to do with HMG (bit of cash only)
Johnson & Hancock are grasping for a British success story.
This weakness and desperation wastes countless hours of senior medical people's time carefully explaining on TV and radio what the real truth is.
It is great work. The results are very welcome.
It shows the UK as everyone saw us before Brexit - diligent.
It is great work. The results are very welcome.
It shows the UK as everyone saw us before Brexit - diligent.
We ARE a centre of excellence.
The link below is a flavour of what the NHIR are doing.
There is no need for Tories trying to claim reflected glory.
Celebrate this.
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/covid-studies/
The link below is a flavour of what the NHIR are doing.
There is no need for Tories trying to claim reflected glory.
Celebrate this.
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/covid-studies/
