Endpoits:
The primary objective of this study is to determine whether
corticosteroid use was decreased hospital mortality. Moreover, the
primary outcome was examined in the following subgroups according to
clinical features on hospital admission: (1) severity of illness (based
on the previous definition) (2) requiring mechanical ventilation on
hospital admission (3) comorbidities, and (4) relation with ferritin,
C-reactive protein (CRP), and lymphopenia. Hospital length of stay,
transfer to ICU, and presence of complications was also examined in
between groups high-dose steroid (HDS) receiving, and not. The secondary
objective of this study was to investigate whether fibrosis develops in
patients with high-dose steroid therapy on follow-up in three months.