World Health Organization guidelines stipulate patients should not take the steroid for those with mild/moderate Covid-19 symptoms, and preliminary clinical trials show taking the drug may make things worse with patients with mild symptoms.
Fever: Dr. Conley said the president did not have a fever on Sunday, which doctors say could be a good sign, but it was “high” on Friday (Dr. Conley did not say how high it was), prompting doctors to caution that the medications the president is currently taking could be masking the fever.
Doctors also expressed concerns about discharging the president from the hospital — which Trump’s team said could happen as early as Monday— when the president exhibited concerning symptoms on Friday, and was on three medications, including Regeneron, Remdesivir and dexamethasone.
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Trump’s two drops in oxygen levels prompted his medical team to start administering dexamethasone. "Over the course of his illness, the president has experienced two episodes of transient drops in his oxygen saturation,” Dr. Conley said Sunday, “It was a determination of the team, based predominantly on the timeline from the initial diagnosis, that we initiate dexamethasone."
