The decision to treat President Trump with dexamethasone struck some doctors as surprising — given Dr. Sean Conley's fairly upbeat assessment of Trump's condition. Typically, only hospitalized COVID-19 patients in need of oxygen are given the drug.
President Donald Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after contracting the coronavirus.President Donald Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after contracting the coronavirus.President Trump's medical team announced on Sunday that it had decided to treat the president with dexamethasone.
Dexamethasone is a steroid drug."It relieves inflammation and is used to treat certain forms of arthritis; skin, blood, kidney, eye, thyroid, and intestinal disorders ; severe allergies; and asthma," according to the In explaining the decision to give the president dexamethasone, Conley said that he was concerned by the two occasions when tests indicated the president's lungs weren't providing sufficient oxygen to his bloodstream."We debated the reasons for this and whether we'd even intervene," Conley said at a news briefing Sunday morning."It was the determination of the team based predominantly on the timeline from the initial diagnosis that we initiate dexamethasone.
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