High-dose versus low-dose prednisolone in symptomatic patients with post-COVID-19 diffuse parenchymal lung abnormalities: an open-label, randomised trial (the COLDSTER trial)

Sahajal Dhooria, Shivani Chaudhary, Inderpaul Singh Sehgal, Ritesh Agarwal, Siddhant Arora, Mandeep Garg, Nidhi Prabhakar, Goverdhan Dutt Puri, Ashish Bhalla, Vikas Suri, Lakshmi Narayana Yaddanapudi, Valliappan Muthu, Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad, Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal

Source: Eur Respir J, 59 (2) 2102930; 10.1183/13993003.02930-2021
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