MD Okan Er, Long-Covid Hastalarının, Tedavisinde Uzun, Süre Düşük, Doz Metilprednizolon, Tedavisinin Rolü, Aslıhan Banu Er¹, Okan Er²
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Abstract
Objective: To determine whether the two-month low-dose methylprednisolone therapy might improve symptomatic, radiologic, and laboratory findings of long COVID-19. Many patients have emerged to hospitals with residual symptoms due to Sars Cov-2 pneumonia in the post-COVID period. They had not enough treatment and need a novelty medical approach. Methods: This study is single-center, retrospective, and investigated the response to methylprednisolone therapy in long COVID-19 patients with persistent symptoms between October 2020 and April 2021. The medical history, blood analysis
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Gazi Medical Journal is being published from 1990 four times annually. Gazi Medical Journal is an international journal presenting research results in all medical fields, with the aim of becoming the premier source of high quality research from Eastern Europe , Middle East and Asia. The Gazi Medical Journal is peer-reviewed and is published quarterly in paper and electronic version. The language of the Gazi Medical Journal is English and Turkish. Offerings include research articles, rapid communications, case reports, letters to the editor, meta-analyses and commentaries