Intravenous methylprednisolone pulse as a treatment for hospitalised severe COVID-19 patients: results from a randomised controlled clinical trial

Maryam Edalatifard, Maryam Akhtari, Mohammadreza Salehi, Zohre Naderi, Ahmadreza Jamshidi, Shayan Mostafaei, Seyed Reza Najafizadeh, Elham Farhadi, Nooshin Jalili, Masoud Esfahani, Besharat Rahimi, Hossein Kazemzadeh, Maedeh Mahmoodi Aliabadi, Tooba Ghazanfari, Mohammadreza Sattarian, Hourvash Ebrahimi Louyeh, Seyed Reza Raeeskarami, Saeidreza Jamalimoghadamsiahkali, Nasim Khajavirad, Mahdi Mahmoudi, Abdolrahman Rostamian

Source: Eur Respir J, 56 (6) 2002808; 10.1183/13993003.02808-2020
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