claim: high-dose corticosteroid pulse therapy decreases the survival rate in covid-19 patients at risk of cytokine storm
evidence_1: corticosteroids have primarily been thought about in covid-19 as a means to stave off the 'cytokine storm\" and its consequences like ards, disseminated intravascular coagulation, hypotension, shock and death.", "cytokine storm induction by sars-cov-2 was confirmed in covid-19 patients at the intensive care unit (icu), and elevated plasma levels of inflammatory cytokines have been associated with disease severity and prognosis [7, 8].")