On inhalers and nebulizers, steroids decrease immune responses in people. I don’t know whether or not those drugs would be prescribed or continued during a pneumonia treatment for COVID—19.
well they are used in emergencies- where the person could die if their airways don’t get opened up- but I’m not sure what they would do if soemone is on ventilator- maybe there’s other ways to keep airways open without steroids- does a tube go right into lungs with ventilator? If so- a person wouldn’t need the rescue inhalers- i woudl think