Saeed Saed Alharthi

Medial Intern, Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies, Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia

Publications

• Reviews   
  Systemic Steroids and Mortality Rate in Severe COVID-19 Infection: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  Author(s): Zahra Ahmed Kheyami*, Saeed Saed Alharthi, Najah Saud Alanazi, Mohammad Ali Awad, Abdullah Mohammed Aldosari and Lojein Faisal Alnomari
  
  Background: Evaluation of posted statistics including on this issue suggests that therapy with corticosteroids in the range of 6 mg of dexamethasone (or equivalent) in keeping with day possibly has an advantageous effect in patients requiring assisted ventilation but there remains considerable doubt in sufferers over the age of 70, in patients with diabetes and patients with milder sickness. Aim: This work aims to determine the safety of systemic steroids and mortality rate in severe COVID-19 patients. Materials and Methods: A systematic search was performed over different medical databases to identify Internal Medicine studies, which studied the outcome of the Steroid group versus the Non-steroid group of COVID-19 patients. Using the meta-analysis process, either with fixed or random-effects models, we c.. Read More»