{"id":164377,"date":"2020-09-02T22:13:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T20:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/who.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/who-guidance-on-the-use-of-corticosteroids-in-patients-with-covid19?lang=en"},"modified":"2020-09-02T22:13:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T20:13:59","slug":"coronavirus-who-guidance-on-the-use-of-corticosteroids-in-patients-with-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/coronavirus-who-guidance-on-the-use-of-corticosteroids-in-patients-with-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: WHO Guidance on the use of corticosteroids in patients with COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WHO has published guidance for clinicians and health care decision-makers on the use of corticosteroids in patients with COVID-19.<\/p>\n

We recommend systemic corticosteroids for the treatment of patients with severe and critical COVID-19. We suggest not to use corticosteroids in the treatment of patients with non-severe COVID-19 as the treatment.<\/p>\n

Corticosteroids are listed in the WHO model list of essential medicines, readily available globally at a low cost.  <\/p>\n

This guidance was developed in collaboration with the non-profit Magic Evidence Ecosystem Foundation (MAGIC), which provided methodologic support to develop and disseminate living guidance for COVID-19 drug treatments.<\/p>\n

Work on this guidance began on 22 June when the RECOVERY trial published a preliminary report on the impact of corticosteroids. To supplement the results, WHO partnered with investigators of seven trials on corticosteroids to conduct a meta-analysis of these trials, in order to rapidly provide additional evidence to build on RECOVERY data and inform guidance development.<\/p>\n

The guidance was thus informed by combining data from all these randomized trials of systemic corticosteroids for COVID-19.<\/p>\n

WHO provides guidance that works across all contexts for all countries and health care systems.<\/p>\n

The Guidance can be found here:<\/p>\n