Ribavirin Treatment for Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: An Observational Study.
Infect Drug Resist
; 14: 5287-5291, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1581595
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread all over the world resulting in high mortality, yet no specific antiviral treatment has been recommended.METHODS:
A retrospective descriptive study was conducted involving 19 consecutive critically ill patients during January 27, 2020 to April 18, 2020. Ribavirin was given at 0.15g q8h orally upon ICU admission for 7 to 21 days. Here, 28-day mortality, lower respiratory tract specimens (ETA), and ribavirin side effect on the day of ICU admission (Day 1), Day 7, Day 14 and Day 21 were analyzed.RESULTS:
All the nineteen critically ill COVID-19 patients (14 males and 5 females, median age 56yr) survived through to the 28th day of observations with 6 patients (31.58%) being discharged from the ICU. The SARS-CoV-2 viral positivity in sputum/ETA was 100% (19/19) on Day 1, 73.68% (14/19) on Day 7, 57.89% (11/19) on Day 14 and 36.84% (7/19) on Day 21. Ribavirin side effect was not observed in these patients.CONCLUSION:
Ribavirin is well tolerated in critically ill patients with COVID-19 and may benefit COVID-19 patients through increasing the virus clearance.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Infect Drug Resist
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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