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Evaluation of pharmacotherapy protocols for covid 19 patients in baqiyatallah hospital and their outcomes

(2021) Evaluation of pharmacotherapy protocols for covid 19 patients in baqiyatallah hospital and their outcomes. Bulletin of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Assiut. pp. 89-97. ISSN 11100052 (ISSN)

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Abstract

Purpose: The propagation of the new coronavirus, COVID 19, is still a major priority for many countries around the world. Because of the lack of effective certain antiviral therapy for COVID 19. Special medicinal protocols are needed in medical centers to reduce the mortality rate. Methods: Due to constant change of national pharmacotherapy protocols for COVID-19 patients, this study compares the outcomes of three specific pharmacotherapy regimens (Table 1) and the combination of all 3 regimens for management of 614 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Baqiyatallah hospital in Tehran, this hospital became a referral centers for receiving COVID 19 patients in Iran. Results: The more reliable result of treatments belongs to regimen 3 which indicated 98.26 recovered patients and 1.15 mortality rate and the lowest period of hospitalization with 4.4±0.21 days' duration. Conclusion: It seems that regimen 3 (with a special combination of antiviral and Azithromycin ant anti-inflammatory drugs) had the best result in improving patients with COVID 19 and this result has not conflict with the comorbidity status of patients. © 2021 Assiut University. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: azithromycin budesonide ceftriaxone diclofenac hydrocortisone hydroxychloroquine levofloxacin lopinavir plus ritonavir meropenem naproxen oseltamivir prednisolone teicoplanin vancomycin adult antiviral therapy Article chill clinical outcome clinical protocol comorbidity convalescence coronavirus disease 2019 corticosteroid therapy diabetes mellitus diarrhea dry cough dyspnea fatigue female fever headache hospital discharge hospital mortality hospital patient hospitalization human hypertension Iran lung disease major clinical study male middle aged mortality rate myalgia nausea patient referral pharmaceutical care rhinorrhea shivering sore throat thorax pain vomiting
Page Range: pp. 89-97
Journal or Publication Title: Bulletin of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Assiut
Journal Index: Scopus
Volume: 44
Number: 1
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.21608/BFSA.2021.174134
ISSN: 11100052 (ISSN)
Depositing User: مهندس مهدی شریفی
URI: http://eprints.bmsu.ac.ir/id/eprint/9315

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