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Reduced fixed dose tocilizumab 400 mg IV compared to weight-based dosing in critically ill patients with COVID-19: A before-after cohort study
Stukas S, Goshua G, Kinkade A, Grey R, Mah G, Biggs CM, Jamal S, Thiara S, Lau TTY, Piszczek J, Partovi N, Sweet DD, Lee AYY, Wellington CL, Sekhon MS, Chen LYC. Reduced fixed dose tocilizumab 400 mg IV compared to weight-based dosing in critically ill patients with COVID-19: A before-after cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2022, 11: 100228. PMID: 35345649, PMCID: PMC8941850, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDoses of tocilizumabCohort studyClinical outcomesIll patientsIll COVID-19 patientsCOVID-19Interleukin-6 inhibitorsSevere COVID-19Weight-based dosingCOVID-19 patientsDrug shortagesNet monetary benefitMedian CRPControl cohortTocilizumabPatientsAssumed willingnessDexamethasoneComparable reductionMortalityPhysiological responsesSignificant differencesOnly groupDoseDoses
2021
Intermediate‐dose anticoagulation, aspirin, and in‐hospital mortality in COVID‐19: A propensity score‐matched analysis
Meizlish ML, Goshua G, Liu Y, Fine R, Amin K, Chang E, DeFilippo N, Keating C, Liu Y, Mankbadi M, McManus D, Wang SY, Price C, Bona RD, Chaar C, Chun HJ, Pine AB, Rinder HM, Siner JM, Neuberg DS, Owusu KA, Lee AI. Intermediate‐dose anticoagulation, aspirin, and in‐hospital mortality in COVID‐19: A propensity score‐matched analysis. American Journal Of Hematology 2021, 96: 471-479. PMID: 33476420, PMCID: PMC8013588, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProphylactic-dose anticoagulationAntiplatelet therapyHospital deathCumulative incidenceMultivariable regression modelsHospital mortalityHospitalized adult COVID-19 patientsAdult COVID-19 patientsPropensity score-matched patientsPropensity score-matched analysisCOVID-19Intensive antithrombotic therapyIntermediate-dose anticoagulationCohort of patientsCOVID-19 patientsPatient-specific covariatesAnticoagulation cohortAspirin cohortDose anticoagulationAntithrombotic therapyThrombotic complicationsHospitalized patientsPrimary outcomeIllness severityRegression models