Browsing by Subject "Meta-Analysis"
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The add-on effect of Chinese herbal medicine on COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-07)Background: Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is thought to be a potential intervention in the treatment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of CHM or CHM ... -
Assessment of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine Safety Profiles: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2020-05-08)Background: Recently, chloroquine (CQ) and its derivative hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) have emerged as potential antiviral and immunomodulatory options for the treatment of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19). To examine the ... -
The association between COVID‐19 and asthma: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
(2020-09-15)To the Editor, Recently, the associations between COVID‐19 and its comorbidities including hypertension, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, immunosuppression ... -
The association between severe or dead COVID-19 and autoimmune diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020)COVID-19 is an acute inflammatory infectious disease. It is now generally accepted that the occurrence of autoimmune diseases is related to autoinflammatory8. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Zachary SW and ... -
Association of cardiovascular disease and 10 other pre-existing comorbidities with COVID-19 mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-08-26)Background: Estimating the risk of pre-existing comorbidities on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mortality may promote the importance of targeting populations at risk to improve survival. This systematic review and ... -
Cancer is associated with the severity and mortality of patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-05-06)Background: Cancer patients are considered a highly vulnerable population in the COVID-19 epidemic, but the relationship between cancer and the severity and mortality of patients with COVID-19 remains unclear. This study ... -
The Cardiac Toxicity of Chloroquine or Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-regression Analysis
(2020-10-19)Objective: To systematically review the literature and estimate the risk of Chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) cardiac toxicity in COVID-19 patients. Methods: We searched multiple data sources including ... -
Cardio-Cerebrovascular Disease is Associated With Severity and Mortality of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2020-08-27)At present, COVID-19 is raging all over the world. Many comorbidities, such as diabetes mellitus (OR = 2.67, 95% CI = 1.91–3.74) and hypertension (OR = 2.3, 95% CI = 1.76–3.00), have been shown to worsen the patient’s ... -
Characterisation of clinical, laboratory and imaging factors related to mild vs. severe covid-19 infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-08)Background: Early detection of disease progression associated with severe COVID-19, and access to proper medical care lowers fatality rates of severe cases. Currently, no studies had systematically examined the variables ... -
Clinical characteristics of 3,062 COVID‐19 patients: a meta‐analysis
(2020-04-15)Objective: We aim to systematically review the clinical characteristics of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). Methods: Seven datebases were searched to collect studies about the clinical characteristics of COVID‐19 from ... -
ClinicaLaboratory Parameters Associated with Severe or Critical Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
(2020-04-29)Background: To date, several clinical laboratory parameters associated with COVID-19 severity have been reported. However, these parameters have not been observed consistently across studies. The aim of this review was to ... -
A cohort study of 223 patients explores the clinical risk factors for the severity diagnosis of COVID-19
(2020-04-24)oronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has recently become a public emergency and a worldwide pandemic. The clinical symptoms of severe and non-severe patients vary, and the case-fatality rate (CFR) in severe COVID-19 patients ... -
Comparative efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of COVID-19: A systematic review and network meta-analysis
(2020-12-30)Background: Numerous clinical trials and observational studies have investigated various pharmacological agents as potential treatment for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), but the results are heterogeneous and sometimes ... -
Corticosteroid therapy for critically ill patients with COVID-19: A structured summary of a study protocol for a prospective meta-analysis of randomized trials
(2020-08-24)Primary objective: To estimate the effect of corticosteroids compared with usual care or placebo on mortality up to 28 days after randomization. Secondary objectives: To examine whether the effect of corticosteroids compared ... -
COVID-19 y tabaquismo: revisión sistemática y metaanálisis de la evidencia
(2021-01)Objetivo: El objetivo del estudio ha sido responder a las siguientes preguntas: ¿se asocia el consumo de tabaco en pacientes con COVID-19 con una progresión negativa y desenlace adverso de la enfermedad? y, ¿se asocia el ... -
Does Asthma Increase the Mortality of Patients with COVID-19?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2020-09-22)The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to explore the literature and collate data comparing the mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with and without asthma. The databases PubMed, ... -
Does comorbidity increase the risk of patients with COVID-19: evidence from meta-analysis
(2020-04-08)Currently, the number of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has increased rapidly, but relationship between comorbidity and patients with COVID-19 still not clear. The aim was to explore whether the presence ... -
Does gender influence clinical expression and disease outcomes in COVID-19? A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-08-12)Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV2) was characterized at the end of 2019, and soon spread around the world, generating a pandemic. It has been suggested that men are more severely affected ... -
Effect of hydroxychloroquine with or without azithromycin on the mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-08-26)Background: Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without azithromycin have been widely pro-moted to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) following earlyin vitroantiviral effects against se-vere acute respiratory ... -
Effect of remdesivir on patients with COVID-19: A network meta-analysis of randomized control trials
(2020-10-15)Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were conducted to investigate the effect of remdesivir for patients with COVID-19, but their results were conflicting. Thus, we conducted a network meta-analysis comparing the ...