Pharmacotherapy for Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: Treatment Patterns by Disease Severity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatment decisions for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) depend on disease severity, but the prescribing pattern by severity and drivers of therapeutic choices remain unclear.

Objectives

The objectives of the study were to evaluate pharmacological treatment patterns by COVID-19 severity and identify the determinants of prescribing for COVID-19.

Methods

Using electronic health record data from a large Massachusetts-based healthcare system, we identified all patients aged ≥ 18 years hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 from 1 March to 24 May, 2020. We defined five levels of COVID-19 severity at hospital admission: (1) hospitalized but not requiring supplemental oxygen; (2-4) hospitalized and requiring oxygen ≤ 2, 3-4, and ≥ 5 L per minute, respe

SUBMITTER: Lin KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7643089 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature