Selected article for: "acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and local public health"

Author: Rodríguez‐Martínez, Carlos E.; Fernandes, Ricardo M.; Hawcutt, Daniel B.; Sinha, Ian P.; Pacheco, Rafael Leite
Title: Efficacy, safety and cost‐effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in children with COVID‐19: A call for evidence
  • Cord-id: tovty20e
  • Document date: 2020_6_3
  • ID: tovty20e
    Snippet: The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic poses a serious threat to public health and local economies around the globe. This has created an urgent need to identify effective medications for its prevention and treatment (1). Among these treatments, the off-label use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a less toxic derivate of chloroquine, has become a common practice among clinicians, including pediatricians, despite lack of evidence of its clinical efficacy for thi
    Document: The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic poses a serious threat to public health and local economies around the globe. This has created an urgent need to identify effective medications for its prevention and treatment (1). Among these treatments, the off-label use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a less toxic derivate of chloroquine, has become a common practice among clinicians, including pediatricians, despite lack of evidence of its clinical efficacy for this indication (especially for pediatric patients) at present time (2).

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