Rivera-Izquierdo et al., Medicina Clínica,
doi:10.1016/j.medcli.2020.06.025 (Peer Reviewed)
Agentes terapéuticos utilizados en 238 pacientes hospitalizados por COVID-19 y su relación con la mortalidad
Retrospective 238 hospitalized patients in Spain showing lower mortality with HCQ, adjusted hazard ratio aHR 0.81 [0.24-2.76].
Rivera-Izquierdo et al., 7/9/2020, retrospective, Spain, Europe, peer-reviewed, 21 authors.
risk of death, 19.0% lower, RR 0.81, p = 0.75, treatment 215, control 23.
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.