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Author Satoshi Ikeda
Title Corticosteroids for hospitalized patients with mild
to critically-ill COVID-19: a multicenter,
retrospective, propensity score-matched study
Year 2021
ID PMID: 34021229
Methodology
Study design retrospective study
Sample size 236
Sampling method all consecutive patients who met the inclusion
criteria
Intervention name Corticosteroid group
Participants Characteristics
Corticosteroid usual
Age ( n (%))
<40: 15 (12.7) 12 (10.2)
40-59: 44 (37.3) 49 (41.5)
60-79: 44 (37.3) 42 (35.6)
>80 15 (12.7) 15 (12.7)
Gender
Sex ( n (%))
84 (71.2) Male 80 (67.8) male
Race/ethnicity
Japanese 113 (95.8) 116 (98.3)
East Asians outside of Japan (China, Korea) 3 (2.5) 1 (0.8)
Sub-clinical (CRP, SpO2, Respiratory rates at
baseline…)
SpO2/FiO2 On Day 1
372.7 ± 112.7 383.3 ± 105.3
Outcome
Intervention groups
Intervention Group 1
Co-interventions (n)
Notes:
Random sequence
generation (selection
bias)
Allocation
concealment
(selection bias)
Selective outcome
reporting? (reporting
bias)
Other bias
Notes:
Outcomes
Outcome 1