• Med. J. Aust. · May 2020

    Observational Study

    Corticosteroid treatment of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

    • Lei Zha, Shirong Li, Lingling Pan, Boris Tefsen, Yeshan Li, Neil French, Liyun Chen, Gang Yang, and Elmer V Villanueva.
    • Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
    • Med. J. Aust. 2020 May 1; 212 (9): 416-420.

    ObjectivesTo assess the efficacy of corticosteroid treatment of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).Design, SettingObservational study in the two COVID-19-designated hospitals in Wuhu, Anhui province, China, 24 January - 24 February 2020.ParticipantsThirty-one patients infected with the severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) treated at the two designated hospitals.Main Outcome MeasuresVirus clearance time, length of hospital stay, and duration of symptoms, by treatment type (including or not including corticosteroid therapy).ResultsEleven of 31 patients with COVID-19 received corticosteroid treatment. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis indicated no association between corticosteroid treatment and virus clearance time (hazard ratio [HR], 1.26; 95% CI, 0.58-2.74), hospital length of stay (HR, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.33-1.78), or duration of symptoms (HR, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.40-1.83). Univariate analysis indicated that virus clearance was slower in two patients with chronic hepatitis B infections (mean difference, 10.6 days; 95% CI, 6.2-15.1 days).ConclusionsCorticosteroids are widely used when treating patients with COVID-19, but we found no association between therapy and outcomes in patients without acute respiratory distress syndrome. An existing HBV infection may delay SARS-CoV-2 clearance, and this association should be further investigated.© 2020 AMPCo Pty Ltd.

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