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IL6 inhibition in critically ill COVID-19 patients is associated with increased secondary infections

2020-05-20 intensive care and critical care medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundAnti-inflammatory therapies such as IL-6 inhibition have been proposed for COVID-19 in a vacuum of evidence-based treatment. However, abrogating the inflammatory response in infectious diseases may impair a desired host response and predispose to secondary infections. MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed the medical record of critically ill COVID-19 patients during an 8-week span and compared the prevalence of secondary infection and outcomes in patients who did and did not receive toci...

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