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Threefold to sixfold higher hospitalization risk depending on definition
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Threefold to sixfold higher hospitalization risk depending on definition
email article Hospitalized COVID-19 patients may safely continue taking their angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), according to the small REPLACE COVID trial. The study's primary hierarchical endpoint -- a global rank score in which patients were ranked by the severity of their COVID disease course according to various biomarkers and clinical events, with a lower rank score meaning more severe COVID-19 hospitalization -- was about the same whether people were randomized to continue or discontinue these common blood pressure medicat...