Article ; Online: Incidence of COVID-19 in patients under chronic treatment with hydroxychloroquine.
Medicina clinica (English ed.)
2021 Volume 156, Issue 4, Page(s) 166–171
Abstract: ... relationship between chronic use of hydroxychloroquine and the incidence of Covid-19. ... Objective: To analyze the incidence of Covid-19 in patients who are chronic users ... 4,45%) patients had Covid-19 infection, of which 12 (7.1 %) died and 32 (18.9%) required hospital ...
| Abstract | Objective: To analyze the incidence of Covid-19 in patients who are chronic users of hydroxychloroquine. Patients and methods: Cross-sectional retrospective observational multicenter study in health areas and districts from Castilla La-Mancha and Andalucia. Of the 4451 participants included in the first recruitment, 3817 with valid data were selected. The main variable of the study is the presence or absence of Covid-19 infection by clinical, serological or polymerase chain reaction diagnosis. Sociodemographic and clinical variables and treatment and concomitant comorbidities were recorded. Results: 169 (4,45%) patients had Covid-19 infection, of which 12 (7.1 %) died and 32 (18.9%) required hospital admission. Previous respiratory pathology was related to Covid-19 infection ( Conclusion: There is no relationship between chronic use of hydroxychloroquine and the incidence of Covid-19. |
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| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2021-01-23 |
| Publishing country | Spain |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ISSN | 2387-0206 |
| ISSN (online) | 2387-0206 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.medcle.2020.10.012 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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