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Active prescription of low-dose aspirin during or prior to hospitalization and mortality in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of adjusted effect estimates.

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In this paper, the authors investigated whether the active prescription of low-dose aspirin during or prior to hospitalization affects mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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This article is published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases.The article was published on 2021-05-14 and is currently open access. It has received 32 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Aspirin & Relative risk.

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The effects of aspirin on the outcome of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

TL;DR: The use of aspirin was associated with a reduced risk of mortality (RR 0.56, 95% CI 0.38-0.81, P = 0.005) in patients with COVID-19, while the incidence of thrombosis and bleeding were considered as secondary outcomes as mentioned in this paper.
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Ivermectin and mortality in patients with COVID-19: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression of randomized controlled trials.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of ivermectin on mortality in patients with COVID-19 was investigated using a systematic review and meta-analysis, which showed that iverectin was associated with decreased mortality with a low certainty of evidence.
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Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and adverse outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

TL;DR: The use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may increase the risk of adverse outcomes among patients with coronavirus COVID-19. as discussed by the authors conducted a meta-analysis on the main adverse outcomes, as well as selected subgroup analyses stratified by the type of NSAID and population.
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To Anticoagulate or Not to Anticoagulate in COVID-19: Lessons after 2 Years

TL;DR: In this article , the authors reviewed findings from randomized control trials (RCTs) in the past two years of antithrombotic therapy in critically ill hospitalized patients, noncritically ill hospital patients, patients postdischarge from the hospital, and outpatients.
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Does aspirin have an effect on risk of death in patients with COVID-19? A meta-analysis

TL;DR: In this paper , a meta-analysis was performed to investigate the effects of aspirin on COVID-19 mortality, which showed that aspirin use was associated with a reduction in COVID19 mortality (adjusted RR 0.69; 95% CI 0.52-0.95; P < 0.001).
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The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for Assessing the Quality of Nonrandomised Studies in Meta-Analyses

TL;DR: The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) as discussed by the authors was developed to assess the quality of nonrandomised studies with its design, content and ease of use directed to the task of incorporating the quality assessments in the interpretation of meta-analytic results.
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COVID-19: consider cytokine storm syndromes and immunosuppression

TL;DR: Re-analysis of data from a phase 3 randomised controlled trial of IL-1 blockade (anakinra) in sepsis, showed significant survival benefit in patients with hyperinflammation, without increased adverse events.
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COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease: from basic mechanisms to clinical perspectives.

TL;DR: The interaction between the viral spike protein and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, which triggers entry of the virus into host cells, is likely to be involved in the cardiovascular manifestations of COVID-19.
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