Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and outcomes of COVID-19 in the ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Protocol UK cohort: a matched, prospective cohort study (2021)
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Drake, T. M., Fairfield, C. J., Pius, R., Knight, S. R., Norman, L., Girvan, M., Hardwick, H. E., Docherty, A. B., Thwaites, R. S., Openshaw, P. J. M., Baillie, J. K., Harrison, E. M., Semple, M. G., & Investigators, I. (2021). Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and outcomes of COVID-19 in the ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Protocol UK cohort: a matched, prospective cohort study. The Lancet Rheumatology, 3(7), e498 - e506. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2665-9913%2821%2900104-1

Background Early in the pandemic it was suggested that pre-existing use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) could lead to increased disease severity in patients with COVID-19. NSAIDs are an important analgesic, particularly in those wit... Read More about Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and outcomes of COVID-19 in the ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Protocol UK cohort: a matched, prospective cohort study.

Changes in in-hospital mortality in the first wave of COVID-19: a multicentre prospective observational cohort study using the WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol UK (2021)
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Docherty, A. B., Mulholland, R. H., Lone, N. I., Cheyne, C. P., De Angelis, D., Diaz-Ordaz, K., Donegan, C., Drake, T. M., Dunning, J., Funk, S., García-Fiñana, M., Girvan, M., Hardwick, H. E., Harrison, J., Ho, A., Hughes, D. M., Keogh, R. H., Kirwan, P. D., Leeming, G., Nguyen Van-Tam, J. S., …Investigators, I. (2021). Changes in in-hospital mortality in the first wave of COVID-19: a multicentre prospective observational cohort study using the WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol UK. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 9(7), 773 - 785. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-2600%2821%2900175-2

Background Mortality rates in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 in the UK appeared to decline during the first wave of the pandemic. We aimed to quantify potential drivers of this change and identify groups of patients who remain at high risk of dy... Read More about Changes in in-hospital mortality in the first wave of COVID-19: a multicentre prospective observational cohort study using the WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol UK.