Version 1
: Received: 4 March 2020 / Approved: 4 March 2020 / Online: 4 March 2020 (11:08:19 CET)
Version 2
: Received: 7 March 2020 / Approved: 8 March 2020 / Online: 8 March 2020 (17:04:19 CET)
How to cite:
Zhou, Z.; Xie, S.; Zhang, J.; Zheng, F.; Jiang, D.; Li, K.; Zuo, Q.; Yan, Y.; Liu, J.; Xie, Y.; Peng, H.; Zhang, L. Short-Term Moderate-Dose Corticosteroid Plus Immunoglobulin Effectively Reverses COVID-19 Patients Who Have Failed Low-Dose Therapy. Preprints2020, 2020030065
Zhou, Z.; Xie, S.; Zhang, J.; Zheng, F.; Jiang, D.; Li, K.; Zuo, Q.; Yan, Y.; Liu, J.; Xie, Y.; Peng, H.; Zhang, L. Short-Term Moderate-Dose Corticosteroid Plus Immunoglobulin Effectively Reverses COVID-19 Patients Who Have Failed Low-Dose Therapy. Preprints 2020, 2020030065
Zhou, Z.; Xie, S.; Zhang, J.; Zheng, F.; Jiang, D.; Li, K.; Zuo, Q.; Yan, Y.; Liu, J.; Xie, Y.; Peng, H.; Zhang, L. Short-Term Moderate-Dose Corticosteroid Plus Immunoglobulin Effectively Reverses COVID-19 Patients Who Have Failed Low-Dose Therapy. Preprints2020, 2020030065
APA Style
Zhou, Z., Xie, S., Zhang, J., Zheng, F., Jiang, D., Li, K., Zuo, Q., Yan, Y., Liu, J., Xie, Y., Peng, H., & Zhang, L. (2020). Short-Term Moderate-Dose Corticosteroid Plus Immunoglobulin Effectively Reverses COVID-19 Patients Who Have Failed Low-Dose Therapy. Preprints. https://doi.org/
Chicago/Turabian Style
Zhou, Z., Hong Peng and Lei Zhang. 2020 "Short-Term Moderate-Dose Corticosteroid Plus Immunoglobulin Effectively Reverses COVID-19 Patients Who Have Failed Low-Dose Therapy" Preprints. https://doi.org/
Abstract
Background: The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has spread globally with more than 80,000 people infected, and nearly 3000 patients died. Currently, we are in an urgent need for effective treatment strategy to control the clinical deterioration of COVID-19 patients. Methods: The clinical data of 10 COVID-19 patients receiving short-term moderate-dose corticosteroid (160mg/d) plus immunoglobulin (20g/d) were studied in the North Yard of The First Hospital of Changsha, Hunan from January 17th to February 27th, 2020. Epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, radiological findings were analyzed. Results: After treatment with combination of low-dose corticosteroid (40-80mg/d) and immunoglobulin (10g/d), patients’ lymphocyte count (0.88±0.34 vs 0.59±0.18, P<0.05), oxygenation index including SPO2 (94.90±2.51 vs 90.50±5.91, P<0.05) and PaO2/FiO2 (321.36±136.91 vs 129.30±64.97, P<0.05) were significantly lower than pre-treatment, and CT showed that the pulmonary lesion deteriorated in all patients. While after treatment of short-term moderate-dose corticosteroid plus immunoglobulin, patients’ APACHE Ⅱ score (9.10±6.15 vs 5.50±9.01, P<0.05), body temperature (37.59±1.16 vs 36.46±0.25, P<0.05), lymphocyte count (0.59±0.18 vs 1.36±0.51, P<0.05), Lactate dehydrogenase (419.24±251.31 vs 257.40±177.88, P<0.05), and C-reactive protein (49.94±26.21 vs 14.58±15.25, P<0.05) significantly improved compared with post-treatment with low-dose therapy. In addition, oxygenation index including SPO2 (90.50±5.91 vs 97.50±1.18, P<0.05), PaO2 (60.47±14.53 vs 99.07±34.31, P<0.05), and PaO2/FiO2 (129.30±64.97 vs 340.86±146.72, P<0.05) significant improved. Furthermore, CT showed that pulmonary lesions obviously improved in 7 patients. After systematic therapy, 4 out of 10 COVID-19 patients recovered and discharged. Conclusions: Short-term moderate-dose corticosteroid plus immunoglobulin is effective for reversing the continued deterioration of COVID-19 patients who failed to respond to the low-dose therapy. Funding: This work was supported by the Innovative Major Emergency Project Funding against the New Coronavirus Pneumonia in Hunan Province (Dr. Ji-Yang Liu, number 2020SK3014; Dr. Yuan-Lin Xie, number 2020SK3013).
Copyright:
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Received:
8 March 2020
Commenter:
Lei Zhang
Commenter's Conflict of Interests:
Author
Comment:
1. Grammar modifications were made in the methods and results sections.
2. In the discussion section, redundant content related to corticosteroid usage which was not closely related to our study were removed. Meanwhile, in-depth analysis of results was added in the discussion section.
Commenter: Lei Zhang
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author
2. In the discussion section, redundant content related to corticosteroid usage which was not closely related to our study were removed. Meanwhile, in-depth analysis of results was added in the discussion section.