IS THE SAME AS YESTERDAY.
MORE THAN TWO AND 45,000 PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR COVID-19
SO FAR IN OUR STATE.
AND RESEARCHERS IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM SAY A STEROID CAN HELP
PATIENTS WHO ARE SEVERELY ILL
WITH COVID-19, INITIAL RESULTS
SHOW IN CASES WHERE A PATIENT
NEEDED A BREATHING MACHINE, THE
DRUG REALLY DID MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
JOHN IS ON THE STORY THIS TYPE
OF HELPING PATIENTS IN COLORADO
. Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT,
IT IS MORE MEN THAN WE MAY HAVE
GUESSED, TONIGHT, WE NOW KNOW
THAT PATIENTS ARE GETTING THAT
EXACT SAME STEROID OVER AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
HOSPITAL.
EARLIER TODAY
WE HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM A
DOCTOR AT NATIONAL JEWISH
HEALTH, WHO TELLS US A SIMILAR
STEROID IS ALREADY HELPING SOME
OF THEIR PATIENTS WITH THE
CORONAVIRUS.
A STEROID TREATMENT IS
HELPING A RELATIVELY SMALL
GROUP OF PATIENTS WHO ARE THE
MOST IN NEED.
RESEARCHERS FOUND THE DRUG
REDUCED DEATHS BY 35% AFTER FOUR
WEEKS, AT PATIENTS WITH PATIENTS
NEEDING A BREATHING MACHINE.
WE HAVE BEEN USING STEROIDS
WITH MANY OF OUR PATIENTS WITH
COVID-19 AS WELL.
DOCTORS SAY THEY ARE TAKING
A SIMILAR APPROACH.
THEY ARE CRITICALLY ILL AND
LOOK LIKE THEY MIGHT BENEFIT
FROM A STEROID. OUR PRACTICE
MIRRORS IN LARGE MEASURE WHAT
THE STUDY REPORTS IN THE UK IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Reporter: BASED ON WHAT
RESEARCHERS ARE SAYING AND WHAT
DOCTORS ARE NOTICING IN
COLORADO, IT IS ONLY WHEN
SOMEONE IS EXTREMELY SICK WITH
COVID-19 THAT THIS TREATMENT
HELPS.
IT HAD HAVE SOMEONE HAS
CORONAVIRUS, BUT IS NOT
HOSPITALIZED, WE DO NOT
RECOMMEND IN THAT SITUATION.
FIGHTING THE CORONAVIRUS
REMAINS A CHALLENGE AROUND THE
WORLD.
THIS HAS REALLY IMPACTED THE
COUNTRY.
AND THE GLOBE.
AND SO, ANY TREATMENT THAT CAN
HELP SAVE LIVES IS CERTAINLY
WELCOME.
DOCTORS HERE WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THAT THEY ARE REALLY
TAKING THIS ON A CASE-BY-CASE
BASIS TO DETERMINE WHAT IS
RIGHT FOR EACH PATIENT.
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
HOSPITAL WE ARE ALSO LEARNING
THAT THEY ARE IN THE BEGINNING
