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Internal Medicine • COVID-19 • Infectious Disease • Pulmonology • Critical Care • Pulmonary Infections • influenza
Do you use steroids in patients with respiratory failure who are infected with both influenza and COVID-19?
How do you approach which risk to accept given that steroids have evidence for use in COVID-19 while is suggestion for harm in using steroids in influenza?
Answer from: at Community Practice
Yes, along with Remdesivir, Tamiflu, Bactrim, and supportive care.
If there is active GGO on CAT scan, steroids are usually beneficial. Start high and then taper to the lowest necessary for about a 10-day course.
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