1. Impact of domiciliary administration of NSAIDs on COVID-19 hospital outcomes: an unCoVer analysis.
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Salvador, Elena, Mazzi, Cristina, De Santis, Nicoletta, Bertoli, Giulia, Jonjić, Antonija, Coklo, Miran, Majdan, Marek, Peñalvo, José L., and Buonfrate, Dora
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COVID-19 ,NONSTEROIDAL anti-inflammatory agents ,ANTI-inflammatory agents ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,REGRESSION analysis - Abstract
Background: Effective domiciliary treatment can be useful in the early phase of COVID-19 to limit disease progression, and pressure on hospitals. There are discrepant data on the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Aim of this study is to evaluate whether the clinical outcome of patients who were hospitalized for COVID-19 is influenced by domiciliary treatment with NSAIDs. Secondary objective was to explore the association between other patient characteristics/therapies and outcome. Methods: A large dataset of COVID-19 patients was created in the context of a European Union-funded project (unCoVer). The primary outcome was explored using a study level random effects meta-analysis for binary (multivariate logistic regression models) outcomes adjusted for selected factors, including demographics and other comorbidities. Results: 218 out of 1,144 patients reported use of NSAIDs before admission. No association between NSAIDs use and clinical outcome was found (unadj. OR: 0.96, 95%CI: 0.68-1.38). The model showed an independent upward risk of death with increasing age (OR 1.06; 95% CI 1.05-1.07) and male sex (1.36; 95% CI 1.04-1.76). Conclusion: In our study, the domiciliary use of NSAIDs did not show association with clinical outcome in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Older ages and male sex were associated to an increased risk of death. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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