Omma, 393 patient HCQ late treatment study: 28% lower mortality [p=0.3], 50% lower ICU admission [p=0.004], and 17% shorter hospitalization [p=0.007] https://c19p.org/omma
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Hydroxychloroquine shortened hospital stay and reduced intensive care unit admissions in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
et al., The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, doi:10.3855/jidc.14933
Retrospective 393 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Turkey, showing lower ICU admission and shorter hospitalization time with HCQ. There was no significant difference for mortality. Severity was higher in the HCQ group with greater baseline ventilation, high flow oxygen, fever, and dyspnea.
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risk of death, 28.2% lower, RR 0.72, p = 0.30, treatment 17 of 213 (8.0%), control 20 of 180 (11.1%), NNT 32.
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risk of ICU admission, 50.2% lower, RR 0.50, p = 0.004, treatment 23 of 213 (10.8%), control 39 of 180 (21.7%), NNT 9.2.
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hospitalization time, 16.7% lower, relative time 0.83, p = 0.007, treatment 213, control 180.
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| Effect extraction follows pre-specified rules prioritizing more serious outcomes. Submit updates |
Omma et al., 31 Jan 2022, retrospective, Turkey, peer-reviewed, 11 authors, study period 1 April, 2020 - 31 December, 2020.
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