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An Educational Video Demonstration of How to Prone a Critically Ill Intubated Patient
Published on: November 30, 2022
[On the use of corticosteroids for critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 interstitial pneumonia]
A Mingoia1, F Lejeune1, T Sottiaux1
1Service de Réanimation, Clinique Notre-Dame de Grâce, Gosselies, Belgique.
Abstract:
The health crisis caused by SARS-Cov2 continues to question the scientific community on an effective treatment to combat the disease. To do this, understanding the pathophysiology is a key element of the research. Although the use of corticosteroids is debated, recent publications on pathogenesis and histologic pattern allow us to consider their use on a different way. Through these two case reports, it seemed interesting to take stock of the most recent data in the literature and on the potential interest of the corticotherapy in specific critically ill patient's cases.
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