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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has become a huge threat to human health, infecting millions of people worldwide and causing enormous economic losses.
Keyu Kong +10 more
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Severe HCoV-OC43 Pneumonia in a 25-Year-Old Woman Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. [PDF]
This case reports a 25‐year‐old allo‐HCT recipient with severe HCoV‐OC43 pneumonia who responded well to off‐label nirmatrelvir/ritonavir. It is the first such report that show the drug may benefit immunocompromised patients with this infection, though further studies are needed to confirm efficacy.
Zhang M +5 more
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Safety and Efficacy of Paxlovid in COVID-19 Treatment: A Rapid Review
Context: In the first stage of viral replication, COVID-19 may cause a remarkable inflammatory response in patients. Paxlovid is an oral antivirus medicine that functions through the inhibition of one of the essential enzymes to viral replication, called
Mohamad Reza Mobinizadeh +8 more
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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in an Older Patient in the COVID-19 and Paxlovid Era
Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) has been prescribed increasingly for treatment of COVID-19. Due to ritonavir's inhibition of CYP3A4, there are many medication interactions to consider.
Katharine Rosiene +4 more
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Background Transplant recipients are at high risk of coronavirus disease 2019, and a timely supply of antivirals should be prioritized for those patients.
Wei Luo +4 more
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BackgroundSchizophrenia is considered one of the major risk factors for mortality from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Early antiviral treatment is important to decrease the risk of mortality.
Chun-I Liu +6 more
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ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficacy of Paxlovid in treating Chinese elder patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants.Materials and methodsWe performed a non-randomized, controlled trial in Shanghai, China.
Weijie Zhong +11 more
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Risks of paxlovid in a heart transplant recipient
The burden of morbidity and mortality from SARS-CoV-2 infection is especially significant in heart transplant patients who are at higher risk for poor outcomes owing to immunosuppression, blunted response to vaccination, and multiple comorbid conditions.
Kristin Stawiarski +3 more
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Paxlovid-Induced Symptomatic Bradycardia and Syncope
Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) is a game changer in the fight against COVID-19 due to its ease of administration and significant benefits of reducing progression to severe COVID-19, hospitalization, and death. Cardiac adverse events such as bradycardia and syncope are not known with this medication.
Ganipisetti, Venu M +2 more
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Serotonin Syndrome Precipitated by Paxlovid Initiation
A female in her early 40s taking buspirone, quetiapine, and daily kratom presented to the emergency department two days after starting a course of Paxlovid for a mild COVID-19 infection with diffuse tremors, ocular clonus, diaphoresis, and confusion consistent with serotonin syndrome (SS).
Nasser, Nicholas G +3 more
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