13 December 2021 - Late treatment study
Determinants of Outcome Among Critically Ill Police Personnel With COVID-19: A Retrospective Observational Study From Andhra Pradesh, India
et al., Cureus, doi:10.7759/cureus.20394 (Peer Reviewed)
Retrospective 266 COVID-19 ICU patients in India, showing significantly lower mortality with PVP-I oral gargling and topical nasal use, and non-statistically significant higher mortality with ivermectin and lower mortality with remdesivir.
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risk of death, 57.0% lower, RR 0.43, p < 0.001, treatment 39 of 163 (23.9%), control 62 of 103 (60.2%), NNT 2.8, adjusted per study, multivariable Cox regression.
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| Effect extraction follows pre-specified rules prioritizing more serious outcomes. |
Jamir et al., 12/13/2021, retrospective, India, South Asia, peer-reviewed, 6 authors, study period June 2020 - October 2020.
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