Effects of Antihypertensive Agents on the Clinical Outcome of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Concomitant with Hypertension : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved..

BACKGROUND: Given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is crucial to prioritize the management of underlying diseases in infected patients, with hypertension being one of the most common conditions. However, there lies a complicated correlation between antihypertensive agents and COVID-19 infection.

OBJECTIVES: This study is to systematically evaluate the impact of continuing or discontinuing antihypertensive agents on mortality and infection severity in hospitalized patients with both hypertension and COVID-19.

METHODS: A systematic electronic search was conducted on PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, Web of Science, and ClinicalTrials.gov to identify relevant clinical trials published between 1948 and September 2022. Two independent reviewers assessed the quality of the included studies and extracted relevant data. The primary outcome of interest was the relationship between in-hospital mortality and administration of antihypertensive agents.

RESULTS: The meta-analysis revealed that continuous administration of antihypertensive agents, compared with discontinuation, significantly reduced in-hospital mortality among hypertension patients with COVID-19 infection [OR=0.49, 95 %CI (0.38, 0.65), p < 0.001, I2=65.3 %]. Specifically, patients receiving ACEI/ARB type agents had even lower mortality rates. Meta-regression analyses were conducted to examine the impact of publication date, sample size, study design, and mean age of the patients, and the results showed that the number of participants in the included studies was the primary source of heterogeneity (p = 0.032). The findings indicated a clear association between the use of antihypertensive agents and reduced mortality in these patients.

CONCLUSION: nder the current circumstance of the sustained COVID-19 pandemic, it is recommended to continue the use of antihypertensive agents for patients with hypertension during COVID-19 infection, as it can help reduce the risk of mortality.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

2023

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

Enthalten in:

Heart & lung : the journal of critical care - 63(2023) vom: 01. Jan., Seite 78-85

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Jinfeng [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Yingtao [VerfasserIn]
Chang, En [VerfasserIn]
Leng, Yanen [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

ACEI/ARB type agents
Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Antihypertensive Agents
COVID-19
Hypertension
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Meta-analysis
Systematic Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.12.2023

Date Revised 20.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.hrtlng.2023.10.001

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363199365