The Outcome of Hydroxychloroquine in Patients Treated for COVID-19: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Teshale Ayele MegaTemesgen Mulugeta FeyissaDula Dessalegn BoshoKabaye Kumela GoroGetandale Zeleke Negera

Published in: Canadian respiratory journal (2020)

This meta-analysis and systematic review, which included a limited number of poorly designed studies of patients with COVID-19, revealed HCQ is intolerable, unsafe, and not efficacious. Similarly, HCQ + AZ combination was not different from HCQ alone in curbing mortality and ICU admission.

Keyphrases

systematic review
meta analyses
coronavirus disease
sars cov
case control
intensive care unit
emergency department
cardiovascular events
randomized controlled trial
mechanical ventilation
risk factors
type diabetes
coronary artery disease
respiratory syndrome coronavirus