The Evaluation of Patients with Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia Who are Recieving Favipiravir Treatment

Introduction: There is no known specific treatment for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Our retrospective study evaluates the effectiveness of steroid treatment and the factors affecting treatment in patients with severe Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia that received favipiravir treatment. Materials and Methods: This study included patients older than 18 years with severe COVID-19 pneumonia who received favipiravir treatment in a training and research hospital between March 1 and May 31, 2020. It retrospectively evaluated respiratory rate >30/min and/or severe respiratory distress and oxygen saturation