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NIH Updates COVID-19 Treatment Guidance on Corticosteroids, Advance Planning
Author(s)Grace Halsey
The National Institutes of Health updated guidance on use of dexamethasone and substitutes in critically ill patients, and on ensuring surrogate decision makers are identified.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) on July 30, 2020 made updates on use of corticosteroids in treatment of COVID-19 and on approaches to care of the crtically ill, including considerations for advance planning to its dynamic
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