Taccone: The role of organizational characteristics on the outcome of COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU in Belgium

The role of organizational characteristics on the outcome of COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU in Belgium

Taccone et al., The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, doi:10.1016/j.lanepe.2020.100019

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Retrospective 1,747 ICU patients in Belgium showing lower mortality with HCQ, multivariate mixed effects analysis HCQ aOR 0.64 [0.45-0.92].

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risk of death, 24.7% lower, RR 0.75, p = 0.02, treatment 449 of 1,308 (34.3%), control 183 of 439 (41.7%), NNT 14, odds ratio converted to relative risk.

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Taccone et al., 23 Dec 2020, retrospective, Belgium, peer-reviewed, 10 authors, average treatment delay 5.0 days.

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