September 9, 2020

Adverse Outcomes and Mortality in Users of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Who Tested Positive for SARS-CoV-2: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Testing and Treatment

Keywords (Tags): treatment

• Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection was not associated with 30-day mortality, hospitalization, ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, or renal replacement therapy in a study of 9,236 SARS-CoV-2-positive Danish residents, of whom 3% filled an NSAID prescription. [EDITORIAL NOTE: A summary of a pre-print version of this manuscript appeared in the Lit Rep on June 2]

  Lund et al. (Sept 8, 2020). Adverse Outcomes and Mortality in Users of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Who Tested Positive for SARS-CoV-2: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study. PLOS Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003308