Assessing medication use patterns in patients hospitalised with COVID-19: a retrospective study

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 12; no. 12; p. e064320
• Main Authors: Mueller, Tanja, Kurdi, Amanj, Hall, Elliott, Bullard, Ian, Wapshott, Jo, Goodfellow, Anna, Platt, Niketa, Proud, Euan, McTaggart, Stuart, Bennie, Marion, Sheikh, Aziz, Simpson, Colin R, Tibble, Holly, Robertson, Chris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 05.12.2022; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Series: Original research
• Subjects: Aged; Antiviral drugs; clinical pharmacology; Computerized physician order entry; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines; Dexamethasone - therapeutic use; Drug use; health informatics; Hospitals; Humans; Length of Stay; Middle Aged; Monoclonal antibodies; Pandemics; Patients; Pharmacology and Therapeutics; Prescription drugs; Primary care; Retrospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2; therapeutics; United Kingdom > UK; Scotland; COVID-19; clinical pharmacology; therapeutics; health informatics

ObjectiveTo describe patterns of medication use—that is, dexamethasone; remdesivir; and tocilizumab—in the management of patients hospitalised with COVID-19.Design and settingRetrospective observational study, using routinely collected, linked electronic data from clinical practice in Scotland. Data...