Tomas Urbina, Paul Gabarre, Vincent Bonny, Jean-Rémi Lavillegrand, Marc Garnier, Jérémie Joffre, Nathalie Mario, Guillaume Dumas, Geoffroy Hariri, Matthieu Turpin, Emmanuel Pardo, Muriel Fartoukh, Bertrand Guidet, Eric Maury, Yannick Chantran, Pierre-Yves Boelle, Guillaume Voiriot, Hafid Ait-Oufella
BACKGROUND: Corticosteroids have become standard of care for COVID-19 but their effect on the systemic immune-inflammatory response has been little investigated. METHODS: Multicenter prospective cohort, including critically ill COVID-19 patients between March and November 2020. C-reactive protein (CRP), lymphocyte count and fibrinogen levels were collected upon hospital admission before initiation of steroid treatment and at ICU admission, three days and seven days later, along with interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) plasma levels...
January 29, 2024: Minerva Anestesiologica