Evaluating the Clinical Outcomes of Remdesivir Among Patients Admitted With COVID-19 in a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Autor:	Butt AG; Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, CAN., Ahmed J; Internal Medicine, Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences, Lahore, PAK., Shah SMH; Medicine, Ziauddin University, Karachi, PAK., Avendaño Capriles CA; Clinical Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.; Medicine, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, COL., Al-Rihani H; Surgery, Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Beirut, LBN., Ahmed B; Internal Medicine, Central Park Medical College, Lahore, PAK., Salman M; Internal Medicine, Central Park Medical College, Lahore, PAK., Devi A; Medicine, Ziauddin University, Karachi, PAK., Wali S; Epidemiology and Public Health, Indus Hospital & Health Network, Karachi, PAK.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Cureus [Cureus] 2021 Nov 11; Vol. 13 (11), pp. e19487. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 11 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI:	10.7759/cureus.19487
Abstrakt:	Introduction: This study was conducted to determine whether remdesivir administration for treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with reducing deaths among COVID-19 hospitalized patients. Methodology: It was a retrospective study, and the data was acquired at Ziauddin Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. All patients admitted between February and May 2021 with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) infection confirmed by polymerase chain reaction testing from nasopharyngeal samples were included in the study, including those who received at least five-day treatment of remdesivir and who did not receive even a single dose of remdesivir. Results: Data of overall 174 patients were used, out of which 71 (40.80%) received remdesivir. After propensity score matching, 71 patients in the remdesivir group were successfully matched with the non-remdesivir patients on the basis of age, gender, and disease severity. Results of multivariable logistic regression showed that there is no significant difference in deaths between patients who received remdesivir and patients who did not receive remdesivir (p-value=0.122). However, the length of hospital stay was significantly lower in the remdesivir group than in the control group (p-value=0.001). Conclusion: Results of this study can provide evidence that remdesivir can be efficient in reducing the duration of COVID-19 illness, and a five-day course of treatment is sufficient for patients to get clinical benefits. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. (Copyright © 2021, Butt et al.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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