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

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with Covid-19 randomized to 800 μg of inhaled budesonide twice daily had significantly fewer urgent care visits, and faster resolution of symptoms. In most of these studies, diagnostic imaging was only performed on patients at higher pretest probability for PE according to Wells criteria or other risk stratification.

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

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Her vitals signs are all normal and she feels well enough to isolate at home. 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 ). It did report positive results.