TY - JOUR
AU - Mueller, Tanja
AU - Kerr, Steven
AU - McTaggart, Stuart
AU - Kurdi, Amanj
AU - Vasileiou, Eleftheria
AU - Docherty, Annemarie B.
AU - Fraser, Kenny
AU - Shi, Ting
AU - Simpson, Colin R
AU - Bennie, Marion
AU - Sheikh, Aziz
PY - 2021
DA - November
TI - Retrospective cohort study to evaluate medication use in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Scotland:protocol for a national observational study
JO - BMJ Open
VL - 11
IS - 11
DO -  https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054861
AB - INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 has caused millions of hospitalisations and deaths globally. A range of vaccines have been developed and are being deployed at scale in the UK to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection, which have reduced risk of infection and severe COVID-19 outcomes. Those with COVID-19 are now being treated with several repurposed drugs based on evidence emerging from recent clinical trials. However, there is currently limited real-world data available related to the use of these drugs in routine clinical practice. The purpose of this study is to address the prevailing knowledge gaps regarding the use of dexamethasone, remdesivir and tocilizumab by conducting an exploratory drug utilisation study, aimed at providing in-depth descriptions of patients receiving these drugs as well as the treatment patterns observed in Scotland.
PB - BMJ Publishing Group
UR - https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/629eddda-b0f7-4327-9136-f6ef9f007a38
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ER