1. Here is an early Dexamethasone study reported in @TheLancet. All patients were on mechanical respiration. But the key is they all had ARDS. Has anyone confirmed he has ARDS? thelancet.com/journals/lanre…
2. So, as time went on, more studies were done. Here is a July study in the New England Journal of Medicine. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
3. Here's the key:
CONCLUSIONS
In patients hospitalized with Covid-19, the use of dexamethasone resulted in lower 28-day mortality among those who were receiving either invasive mechanical ventilation or oxygen alone at randomization
CONCLUSIONS
In patients hospitalized with Covid-19, the use of dexamethasone resulted in lower 28-day mortality among those who were receiving either invasive mechanical ventilation or oxygen alone at randomization
4. but not among those receiving no respiratory support."
So his dream team admits he has received "no respiratory support" and so according to @NEJM it will not improve his mortality odds. But it did jack him up and make him feel like superman.
So his dream team admits he has received "no respiratory support" and so according to @NEJM it will not improve his mortality odds. But it did jack him up and make him feel like superman.
5. Corticosteroids suppress the immune system. Did they just do the first experiment of use in these circumstances on the @POTUS? I predict every one of those doctors will lose their medical licenses.
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