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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Nov 2021
Meta AnalysisUse of aspirin in reduction of mortality of COVID-19 patients: A metanalysis.
- Ritika Srivastava and Anoop Kumar.
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Research, Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research (DIPSAR), Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University (DPSRU), New Delhi, India.
- Int. J. Clin. Pract. 2021 Nov 1; 75 (11): e14515.
AbstractCOVID-19 infection, affecting every one of us from the last year. Emerging reports have indicated thromboembolism in serious cases of COVID-19. The aspirin is useful to reduce mortality of serious patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome without COVID-19. Thus, we have conducted a metanalysis to find out the role of aspirin in the mortality of COVID-19 patients using RevMan 5. A total of 10 studies containing 56 696 COVID-19 patients were found appropriate for quantitative analysis. The quality of articles was assessed using Newcastle-Ottawa scale. The fixed-effect model was used to calculate the odds ratio with 95% confidence interval (CI). The odd ratio was found to be 0.70 [0.63, 0.77] which indicates a lesser likelihood of having death in COVID-19 patients in aspirin group as compared with non-aspirin group. However, no effect 0.00 [-0.04, 0.04] was observed after the exclusion of outliers. Thus, further clinical evidence is required to make valid conclusion.© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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