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Tocilizumab Associated With Lower Death Risk in COVID Patients on Ventilators | Michigan Medicine

Tocilizumab Associated With Lower Death Risk in COVID Patients on Ventilators | Michigan Medicine

Drug That Calms ‘Cytokine Storm’ Associated with 45% Lower Risk of Dying among COVID-19 Patients on Ventilators

Health Lab · Michigan Medicine Department of Communication

August 10, 20207m 51s

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Patients who received single intravenous dose of tocilizumab were also more likely to leave the hospital or be off a ventilator within a month, despite double the risk of additional infection.


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