Use of Calcium Channel Blockers and the Risk of All-cause Mortality and Severe Illness in Patients With COVID-19 : A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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ABSTRACT: Owing to the reported safety concerns, we aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the effect of preadmission/prediagnosis use of calcium channel blockers (CCBs) on the clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19. A systematic literature search with no language restriction was conducted in electronic databases in July 2021 to identify eligible studies. The outcomes of interest were all-cause mortality and severe illness. A random-effects model was used to estimate the pooled summary measure for outcomes of interest with the preadmission/prediagnosis use of CCBs relative to nonuse CCBs, at 95% confidence intervals (CIs). The meta-analyses revealed no significant difference in the odds of all-cause mortality [pooled odds ratio (OR) = 0.82; 95% CI 0.68-1.00; n = 58,355] and in the odds of severe illness (pooled OR = 0.83; 95% CI 0.61-1.15; n = 46,091) respectively, with preadmission/prediagnosis use of CCBs relative to nonuse of CCBs. Nevertheless, subgroup analysis of studies originated from East Asia reported a significant reduction in the odds of all-cause mortality (pooled OR = 0.50; 95% CI 0.37-0.68) and the odds of severe illness (pooled OR = 0.51; 95% CI 0.33-0.78). There may not be safety concerns with the use of CCBs in patients with COVID-19, but their potential protective effects in the East Asian patients merit further investigations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:79

Enthalten in:

Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology - 79(2022), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 199-205

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kow, Chia Siang [VerfasserIn]
Ramachandram, Dinesh Sangarran [VerfasserIn]
Hasan, Syed Shahzad [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Calcium Channel Blockers
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 02.05.2022

Date Revised 11.09.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/FJC.0000000000001144

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM340144165