This detail owns doctors worried about Trump's Covid case could be severe

Although the status of the president remains somewhat mysterious, it is a bad sign, according to the doctors.


In a video, he tweeted Sunday night, presidentDonald Trump said, "I'm startingSuper doctors report. "And those close to the president publish similar updates since his diagnosis of COVID came to late light Thursday evening. Saturday, the majority leader of the American SenateMitch McConnell said he had a "big call" with Trump, who "sounds good andsaid he felt good. "House of the White HousePrairie also said to Reuters on Saturday that "The doctors are very happy with its vital signs. "But there is a detail that has doctors who are not involved directly in the medical care of the president concerned. After a fall of oxygen,Sean P. Conley, Do, the doctor of the White House who adds the president, saidTrump wasstarted on steroid dexamethasone. Learn more about this medicine and learn the details of the chair, here'sThe symptoms of COVID, President Trump, would have.

"During his illness, the president experienced two episodes of transient drops in his oxygen saturation. We discussed the reasons for that, and if we even interfere," said Conley Sunday, according toNewsweek. "It was a determination of the team based on the chronology of the initial diagnosisWe initialize dexamethasone. "

Brian Garibaldi, MD, director of the Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit who treated Trump, also said Sunday "We didInitiate Dexamethasone Therapy And he received his first dose of this yesterday [Saturday]. Our plan is to continue that for the moment. "

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In July, theNew England Journal of Medicine published the conclusions of a study from an Oxford University onThe effects of dexamethasone. After examining nearly 6,500 coovidian patients, researchers found that dexamethasone reduces deaths in patients on third-party mechanical fans and in patients receiving other forms of oxygen, drugs reduced mortality. A fifth. However, those who wereDexamethasone given But werenot Receiving respiratory treatment is dead at a rate slightly higher than patients with similar cases that did not receive the drug,The New York TimesReported at about the time the study was published.

Following these conclusions, National Institutes of Health Covid-19 Guideline Processing Directives "Recommends using dexamethasone For the treatment of COVID-19 in patients who do not require additional oxygen. And that's exactly what has many doctors concerned about the state's condition.

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"When I think ofPeople in need of dexamethasone, I think of people who aggravate their state, which are getting closer to the ICU level at home "Rochelle Walensky, MD, Head of the Infectious Disease Division at Massachusetts General Hospital, saidThe New York Times.

AMESH ADALJA, MD, an infectious specialist of the University of Johns Hopkins University, "said Reuters:" WeGive dexamethasone in patients which require additional oxygen. "

Others who havebeen on dexamethasone before Let's say it's "a drug that seriously spoils your mind", according to Stanford Law ProfessorMichele Dauber. "I was treated with dexamethasone after cerebral surgery," she tweeted. "He should not exercise the powers of the President's office on this medicine."

Nevertheless, Trump's doctors say hecould be unloaded From the National Military Medical Center of Walter Reed from Monday. And for more information on the condition of the president,These 4 factors put Donald Trump at the risk of severe covidation.


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