Severe COVID-19 pneumonia in Piacenza, Italy – a cohort study of the first pandemic wave

Guglielmetti et al., Journal of Infection and Public Health, doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2020.11.012 (Peer Reviewed)
Severe COVID-19 pneumonia in Piacenza, Italy – a cohort study of the first pandemic wave

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Retrospective 218 hospitalized patients in Italy showing non-statistically significant 35% lower mortality with HCQ, hazard ratio aHR 0.65 [0.33–1.30].

Guglielmetti et al., 12/9/2020, retrospective, Italy, Europe, peer-reviewed, 16 authors.

risk of death, 35.0% lower, RR 0.65, p = 0.22, treatment 181, control 37, adjusted per study, multivariable Cox.

Effect extraction follows pre-specified rules prioritizing more serious outcomes. For an individual study the most serious outcome may have a smaller number of events and lower statistical signficance, however this provides the strongest evidence for the most serious outcomes when combining the results of many trials.

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