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Is there any available indicator for when to administer steroids (Dexamethasone inj.) for COVID-19 patients?

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Is there any available indicator for when to administer steroids (Dexamethasone inj.) for COVID-19 patients?

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think you need to be guided by your doctor. For lung patients its generally if you have a lung infection coughing up discoloured mucus etc.

Do speak with your doctor or the 111 service if you have tested positive.

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It would depend on who was treating the patient with Covid 19 and something that would be totaly dependant on the individuals requirements for it to be safely aministered.thelancet.com/journals/lanr...

In other words there is no one size fits all.

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