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Meta-Analysis

ACEi/ ARB and Deaths of COVID-19 Patients

Author(s): Gulam Navi Azad and Anoop Kumar*

Volume 18, Issue 2, 2022

Published on: 23 August, 2022

Page: [158 - 162] Pages: 5

DOI: 10.2174/1573402118666220407093332

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Abstract

The practice of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin II receptor blockers (ACEi/ARB) in COVID-19 hypertensive patients is still an open question for clinicians to answer. The present study was conducted to find out the association between the use of ACEI/ARB and the mortality rate of COVID-19 patients. The search was conducted from December 2019 to October 2020 in PubMed to identify relevant published studies. RevMan 5 was used for the analysis of the data. The random-effect model was used to calculate the odds ratio. In total, 07 studies were found to be appropriate, reporting a total of 1,566 subjects. The odds ratio was found to be 0.86 [0.41, 1.81], indicating no association between ACEI/ARB and the mortality rate of COVID- 19 patients. In conclusion, we may suggest continuing the use of ACEi/ARB in COVID-19 patients till further pieces of evidence are generated.

Keywords: COVID-19, Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI), Angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB), mortality, Rev Man 5, odd ratio.

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