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AT WWW.KDKA.COM.
THIS MORNING, RESEARCHERS
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
AND UPMC UNCOVERED A POSSIBLE
GAME CHANGER FOR TREATING SOME
COVID PATIENTS.
CHRIS HOFFMAN IS LIVE IN
OAKLAND THIS MORNING.
THIS COULD HELP THOSE WHO ARE
SEVERELY ILL FROM THIS.
Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
BASED ON THE TRIL, IT SHOWED
POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR COVID-19
PATIENTS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN
INEXPENSIVE DRUG, STEROIDS.
IT USED CORTICOSTEROIDS ON
PATIENTS BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE
AND THEY WERE IN 121 HOSPITALS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEY FOUND A 93% POSITIVITY FOR
IMPROVED OUTCOMES.
IT WAS CONSIST ACROSS AGE,
RACE, AND GENDER.
IT'S RARE TO FIND A DRUG WHERE
THE EVIDENCE OF ITS
EFFECTIVENESS OF SAVING LIVES
IS CONSIST.
AND ADDING PEOPLE ON
VENTILATORS AND OXYGEN SHOULD
BE GIVEN CORTICOSTEROIDS.
RESEARCHERS SAY NONHOSPITALIZED
PATIENTS WHO DON'T NEED
RESPIRATORY HELP WERE NOT
TESTED AND THEY'RE NOT
RECOMMENDED.
IT CAN DAMPEN THE E MINE
SYSTEM.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HAS CHANGED THE TREATMENT
