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The Latest in Critical Care, 9/28/23 (Issue #15)

PulmCCM

with Covid-19 randomized to 800 μg of inhaled budesonide twice daily had significantly fewer urgent care visits, and faster resolution of symptoms. In the STOIC trial (a phase 2, open-label, randomized trial), 146 outpatients in the U.K.

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SGEM#357: COVID it’s Getting Harder and Harder to Breathe but will Budesonide Help?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Early in the pandemic, there was some observational data that concluded that inhaled steroids were associated with an increased mortality from COVID-19 in patients with asthma and COPD ( Schultze Lancet Resp Med 2020 ). However, the most likely explanation was not causal. It did report positive results.