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*Dosage: 6mg Qday | *Dosage: 6mg Qday for 10 days | ||
**Dexamethasone improves 28d mortality compared to placebo in patients requiring IMV (NNT = 8.5) and those patients requiring oxygen therapy (NNT = 29). | **Dexamethasone improves 28d mortality compared to placebo in patients requiring IMV (NNT = 8.5) and those patients requiring oxygen therapy (NNT = 29). | ||
**There was no benefit to patients not requiring oxygenation support and potentially harm | **There was no benefit to patients not requiring oxygenation support and potentially harm | ||
Revision as of 10:39, 5 January 2022
Dexamethasone
- Dosage: 6mg Qday for 10 days
- Dexamethasone improves 28d mortality compared to placebo in patients requiring IMV (NNT = 8.5) and those patients requiring oxygen therapy (NNT = 29).
- There was no benefit to patients not requiring oxygenation support and potentially harm