A look at promising treatments for COVID-19
Taking pressure off hospitals
The scientists said the research was inspired after reports of COVID-19 hospital emissions showed that patients with chronic respiratory disease were significantly underrepresented.
They hypothesized that the widespread use among these patients of inhaled glucocorticoids, a type of corticosteroid, was behind this trend.
The research investigated whether budesonide had the potential to reduce COVID-19 patients need for emergency care, therefore minimizing pressure on hospitals. It is a widely available, low-cost medicine which is relatively safe, which can be given to patients early in their COVID-19 illness, said Mona Bafadhel, one of the study s authors and an associate professor of respiratory medicine at the University of Oxford. This would take pressure off healthcare systems.
A look at promising treatments for COVID-19
Taking pressure off hospitals
The scientists said the research was inspired after reports of COVID-19 hospital emissions showed that patients with chronic respiratory disease were significantly underrepresented.
They hypothesized that the widespread use among these patients of inhaled glucocorticoids, a type of corticosteroid, was behind this trend.
The research investigated whether budesonide had the potential to reduce COVID-19 patients need for emergency care, therefore minimizing pressure on hospitals. It is a widely available, low-cost medicine which is relatively safe, which can be given to patients early in their COVID-19 illness, said Mona Bafadhel, one of the study s authors and an associate professor of respiratory medicine at the University of Oxford. This would take pressure off healthcare systems.
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Cow’s milk is “increasingly” being identified as the cause of fatal allergic reactions, researchers have said.
It is now the most common cause of fatal food anaphylaxis in school-aged children in the UK, a new study has found.
While the numbers are small, cow’s milk was responsible for 26% of food allergy deaths in school-aged children, experts said.
It comes as a new study found that admissions to hospital for severe food allergies have tripled over the last 20 years.
But the number of deaths from food-related anaphylaxis have reduced.
The research, published in The BMJ, examined hospital admissions in the UK over a 20 year period.