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    New crown critically ill patients add "life-saving medicine"

    • Last Update: 2021-08-03
    • Source: Internet
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    On the 6th, the World Health Organization updated its patient care guidelines to include interleukin-6 receptor antagonists


    In September 2020, the World Health Organization recommended the use of corticosteroids, which is another effective drug recommended by the World Health Organization for the treatment of new coronary pneumonia


    Combining data from more than 10,000 patients in 27 clinical trials, WHO has conducted the largest analysis of such drugs to date


    Critically ill patients with new coronary pneumonia often have an overreaction of the immune system, which may seriously damage the health of the patient


    Analysis shows that compared with standard treatment, the use of interleukin-6 receptor antagonists in severe or critically ill patients with new coronary pneumonia can reduce the mortality rate by 13%, that is, the number of deaths per thousand severely ill patients will be reduced by 15 people per thousand.


    WHO Director-General Tan Desai said: "These drugs bring hope to critically ill patients with new coronary pneumonia and their families


    In order to improve the accessibility and affordability of these "life-saving medicines", WHO calls on manufacturers to lower prices and provide such medicines to low- and middle-income countries, especially those with a surge in new coronary pneumonia cases


    In addition, WHO also encourages pharmaceutical companies to accept transparent, non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreements, or to abandon drug patents


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