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Risk of Covid-19-Related Hospitalization and More Severe Outcomes in Medicare Beneficiaries Treated with Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Inhibitors for Hypertension.

David J GrahamHector S IzurietaStella G MuthuriDi ZhangAlexander T SandhuYun LuYueqin ZhaoYuhui FengEfe EworukeHai LyuCharu GandotraElizabeth R SmithArmen AvagyanMichael WerneckeJeffrey A KelmanRichard A ForsheeThomas E MaCurdy
Published in: Journal of general internal medicine (2021)
ACEIs and ARBs were not associated with an increased risk of Covid-19 hospitalization or with hospitalization involving ICU admission, invasive mechanical ventilation, or death. The finding of a small increased risk of Covid-19 hospitalization with CCBs was unexpected and could be due to residual confounding.
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