Hydrocortisone for COVID-19 and Severe Hypoxia

Summary

We aim to assess the benefits and harms of low-dose hydrocortisone in patients with COVID-19 and severe hypoxia.

Timeline

Start

2020-04-17

Primary completion

2020-09-10

Completion

2021-09-08

Publications

• Munch MW, Granholm A, Kjaer MN, Aksnes TS, Solling CG, Christensen S, Perner A. Long-term mortality and health-related quality of life in the COVID STEROID trial. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2022 Apr;66(4):543-545. doi: 10.1111/aas.14029. Epub 2022 Feb 3. No abstract available.
• Munch MW, Meyhoff TS, Helleberg M, Kjaer MN, Granholm A, Hjortso CJS, Jensen TS, Moller MH, Hjortrup PB, Wetterslev M, Vesterlund GK, Russell L, Jorgensen VL, Kristiansen KT, Benfield T, Ulrik CS, Andreasen AS, Bestle MH, Poulsen LM, Hildebrandt T, Knudsen LS, Moller A, Solling CG, Brochner AC, Rasmussen BS, Nielsen H, Christensen S, Strom T, Cronhjort M, Wahlin RR, Jakob SM, Cioccari L, Venkatesh B, Hammond N, Jha V, Myatra SN, Jensen MQ, Leistner JW, Mikkelsen VS, Svenningsen JS, Laursen SB, Hatley EV, Kristensen CM, Al-Alak A, Clapp E, Jonassen TB, Bjerregaard CL, Osterby NCH, Jespersen MM, Abou-Kassem D, Lassen ML, Zaabalawi R, Daoud MM, Abdi S, Meier N, la Cour K, Derby CB, Damlund BR, Laigaard J, Andersen LL, Mikkelsen J, Jensen JLS, Rasmussen AH, Arnerlov E, Lykke M, Holst-Hansen MZB, Tostesen BW, Schwab J, Madsen EK, Gluud C, Lange T, Perner A. Low-dose hydrocortisone in patients with COVID-19 and severe hypoxia: The COVID STEROID randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2021 Nov;65(10):1421-1430. doi: 10.1111/aas.13941. Epub 2021 Sep 20.

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