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Podcast #204 - Dexamethasone for COVID-19 and the Need to Remain Skeptical

TOTAL EM - Tools Of the Trade and Academic Learning in Emergency Medicine

English - June 16, 2020 17:00 - 10 minutes - 9.82 MB - ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
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By now you may have heard of a potential breakthrough in COVID-19 treatment: dexamethasone.  The steroid is well known and has been widely used.  It is inexpensive and readily available making it a great choice if it proves to be successful.  However, do we really have the evidence yet to support its use?