Is methylprednizalone a predisposing factor for bacterial and fungal infections in critical patients due to covid-19?

Authors : Mine ALTINKAYA ÇAVUŞ, Hafize SAV

Pages : 21-24

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Publication Date : 2021-04-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim: The COVID -19 outbreak was first seen in Wuhan, China\`s Hubei province. Lung infections caused by COVID-19; It can progress to severe ARDS insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(acute respiratory distress syndrome); with a high mortality.For ARDS patients, methylprednisolone insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1-2 mg / kg per day); is recommended to be as short as possible Methods:All patients with a diagnosis of covid-19 over the age of 18 who were hospitalized in the pandemic intensive care unit between March 2020 and September 2020 were retrospectively screened.Patients; demographic data, hospitalization APACHE II scores, length of stay in hospital and intensive care, laboratory values insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(d-dimer, creatinine, CRP insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(C reactive protein););, culture results, mortality and morbidity, mechanical ventilator needs. On the first day of intensive care admissions, methylprednizalone was added to the treatment intravenously at 0.5 mg/kg/day for 5 days. Results:A total of 201 patients hospitalized in adult level 3 intensive care were included in the study. All patients were PCR positive. 44.8% of the patients were female insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n: 90);, 55.2% were male insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n: 111);. Blood, urine and ETA cultures; there was no statistically significant relationship between gender, IMV need, mortality and prednol use. Conclusion: COVID-19 is a viral infectious disease that manifests mainly as fever and pneumonia. Corticosteroid therapy; in addition, it includes the following risks: hyperglycemia, poor wound healing, psychosis, pancreatitis, and prolonged muscle weakness in impaired functional status in a meta-analysis published in 2012, nine randomized controlled trials, 1001 patients were included. Consequently, the use of corticosteroids did not decrease mortality.
Keywords : methylprednizalone, bacterial and fungal infections, covid 19