Glucocorticoid application in the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19): the pros and cons

A review The breakout of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has great impact on human health The main mechanism of glucocorticoids in the treatment of viral pneumonia is to suppress inflammatory responses However, the therapeutic effect of glucocorticoids in COVID-19 patients is not clear In addition, glucocorticoids had certain adverse effect in the treatment of other viral pneumonia There is still much controversy among clin experts about the use of glucocorticoids in COVID-19 This article reviews the mechanism, time, dose, treatment, advantages and disadvantages of glucocorticoids in the treatment of COVID-19