Hydroxychloroquine and tocilizumab therapy in COVID-19 patients-An observational study.

Hydroxychloroquine has been touted as a potential COVID-19 treatment. Tocilizumab, an inhibitor of IL-6, has also been proposed as a treatment of critically ill patients. In this retrospective observational cohort study drawn from electronic health records we sought to describe the association betwe...

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Main Authors: Andrew Ip, Donald A Berry, Eric Hansen, Andre H Goy, Andrew L Pecora, Brittany A Sinclaire, Urszula Bednarz, Michael Marafelias, Scott M Berry, Nicholas S Berry, Shivam Mathura, Ihor S Sawczuk, Noa Biran, Ronaldo C Go, Steven Sperber, Julia A Piwoz, Bindu Balani, Cristina Cicogna, Rani Sebti, Jerry Zuckerman, Keith M Rose, Lisa Tank, Laurie G Jacobs, Jason Korcak, Sarah L Timmapuri, Joseph P Underwood, Gregory Sugalski, Carol Barsky, Daniel W Varga, Arif Asif, Joseph C Landolfi, Stuart L Goldberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237693