TWiV 850: COVID-19 clinical update #96 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
This Week in Virology
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Dexamethosone Dosing Strategy
You can send yours to daniel at microbe dot t v. The first is from martin from the u.K. He asks about a typical progressive dosing strategy with dexamethosone. When covid 19 reaches a stage where blood o two drops below the nineties, i'd like to understand to what extent dosing is typically increased. Is it normal practice to dose higher the greater the drop in o two? And if so, what dosing limits boundaries are typically observed to avoid risks of compromising the immune system's battle with the virus?
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