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Disentangling the Association of Hydroxychloroquine Treatment with Mortality in Covid-19 Hospitalized Patients through Hierarchical Clustering

2021

The efficacy of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in treating SARS-CoV-2 infection is harshly debated, with observational and experimental studies reporting contrasting results. To clarify the role of HCQ in Covid-19 patients, we carried out a retrospective observational study of 4,396 unselected patients hospitalized for Covid-19 in Italy (February–May 2020). Patients’ characteristics were collected at entry, including age, sex, obesity, smoking status, blood parameters, history of diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular and chronic pulmonary diseases, and medications in use. These were used to identify subtypes of patients with similar characteristics through hierarchical clustering based on Gower distan…

MaleMedicine (General)Antimalarial030204 cardiovascular system & hematologySeverity of Illness IndexHospital Mortality.0302 clinical medicineRetrospective Studie80 and overCluster Analysis030212 general & internal medicineHospital MortalityAged; Aged 80 and over; Antimalarials; COVID-19; Cluster Analysis; Female; Humans; Hydroxychloroquine; Italy; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2; Severity of Illness Index; Treatment Outcome; Hospital MortalityAged 80 and overMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeItalyFemaleBiotechnologymedicine.drugResearch ArticleHydroxychloroquinemedicine.medical_specialtyArticle SubjectBiomedical EngineeringRenal functionHealth Informatics03 medical and health sciencesAntimalarialsR5-920Internal medicineDiabetes mellitusSeverity of illnessmedicineMedical technologyHumansR855-855.5AgedRetrospective StudiesCluster Analysibusiness.industrySARS-CoV-2CancerCOVID-19Retrospective cohort studyHydroxychloroquinemedicine.diseaseObesityCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentSurgeryObservational studybusinessJournal of Healthcare Engineering
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Amphoteric polyamidoamines in the treatment of malaria

2012

The present invention relates to the use of amphoteric polyamidoamines with MW of 10-100 kDa as antimalarial agents or carriers of antimalarial drugs and to formulations thereof.

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