Treatment with Zinc is Associated with Reduced In-Hospital Mortality Among COVID-19 Patients: A Multi-Center Cohort Study

Jennifer Frontera, Joseph Rahimian, Shadi Yaghi, Mengling Liu, Ariane Lewis, Adam de Havenon, Shraddha Mainali, Joshua Zhexue Huang, Erica Scher, Andrea B. Troxel,

2020 · 59 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

Zinc with an ionophore was associated with increased rates of discharge home and a 24% reduced risk of in-hospital mortality among COVID-19 patients, while neither zinc alone nor the ionophore alone reduced mortality. Further randomized trials are warranted.

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