Do you always stop dexamethasone at discharge for patients admitted with COVID requiring respiratory support (as done in the RECOVERY trial), or are there situations in which you will prescribe it to complete a 10-day course?
What situations prompt you to prescribe dexamethasone to complete a 10-day course at discharge?
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Have you ever prescribed dexamethasone at discharge for a patient admitted with COVID-related hypoxemic respiratory failure?
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Hospital Medicine · Washington University
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Great question. Generally, I don't continue dexamethasone if they are no longer wheezing or generally feeling back to their baseline. Sometimes, I will extend the course if the patient has been in the hospital several times for COPD, just to see if I can keep them out of the hospital longer. But the...
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