The COVID-19 pandemic: is our medicine still evidence-based?

Published in: Irish journal of medical science (2020)

There is no randomized controlled trial that demonstrated the efficacy of antiviral therapy against COVID-19 yet. However, physicians are prescribing different drugs to a large part of COVID-19 population in the hope they will cure them. This does not reflect the evidence-based medicine approach. What we need is more evidence-based knowledge about what routine care practices we should to apply to ameliorate symptoms of patients and fight COVID-19 pathology.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
primary care
healthcare
randomized controlled trial
end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
palliative care
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
prognostic factors
emergency department
pain management
clinical practice
bone marrow