Department of Emergency Medicine, South City Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2022 Mar;32(3):407-408. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2022.03.407.
COVID-19 pandemic has exaggerated the role of steroids in the standard of care despite minimum direct evidence of their efficacy in COVID-19 patients and their well-known adverse effects. The literature abounds on the side effects of steroids affecting different organ systems of the body. COVID-19 patients, who are on long-term steroids, are more susceptible to their adverse effects. We, herein, briefly review the potential uses and the adverse effects of steroids on different organ systems of the body. Key Words: Steroids, COVID-19, Adverse effects.
COVID-19 大流行尽管没有直接证据表明类固醇对 COVID-19 患者有效，但它们在常规治疗中的作用被夸大了，而且它们有众所周知的不良反应。关于类固醇对身体不同器官系统的副作用的文献很多。长期使用类固醇的 COVID-19 患者更容易受到其不良反应的影响。在这里，我们简要回顾了类固醇对身体不同器官系统的潜在用途和不良反应。关键词：类固醇，COVID-19，不良反应。
