Assessing medication use patterns in patients hospitalised with COVID-19: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe patterns of medication use-that is, dexamethasone; remdesivir; and tocilizumab-in the management of patients hospitalised with COVID-19.

Design and setting

Retrospective observational study, using routinely collected, linked electronic data from clinical practice in Scotland. Data on drug exposure in secondary care has been obtained from the Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration System.

Participants

Patients being treated with the drugs of interest and hospitalised for COVID-19 between 1 March 2020 and 10 November 2021.

Outcomes

Identification of patients subject to the treatments of interest; summary of patients' baseline characteristics; description of medication use patterns and treatment episodes. Analyses were d

SUBMITTER: Mueller T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9723413 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature