A study on the effect of aspirin on clinical symptoms, laboratory indices, and outcomes in patients with COVID-19
Roham Azizi, Maryam Dehghani Mobarak, Reza Goujani, Soheil Mohsen Nabi-Afjadi, Mousavi Rizi, Ahmadreza Maghsoudi, A R T I C L E I N F O
doi:10.34172/npj.2023.10506
In a cross-sectional and observational study, the case and control groups were selected based on aspirin use, with non-users divided into two groups (131 medical records of patients with COVID-19 who administered aspirin and 131 of the group of patients with COVID-19 without aspirin administration). Aspirin was found to be ineffective in treating clinical symptoms, laboratory indices, and outcomes in COVID-19 patients.
Authors' contribution The principal investigators of the present study were RA and MDM. AM contributed to the conception and design of the study and revised and revaluated the manuscript. RG conducted data analysis. MNA and SMR collected data. In addition, all authors contributed to the final manuscript, read it, approved it, and attested to its accuracy and validity.
Conflicts of interest The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Ethical issues The research adhered to the principles of the Helsinki Declaration. Patients' consent was obtained with their knowledge. The permission number of 154/99/30362 was granted by the Ethics Committee in Deputy of Treatment of Social Security Organization. Moreover, the authors have identified ethical concerns (including plagiarism, data fabrication, and double publication).
Funding/Support None.
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'abstract': '<jats:p>Introduction: Low-dose aspirin is one of the most widely used secondary prevention '
'agents for cardiovascular disease and stroke. An unstable risk factor for chronic '
'cardiovascular disease is a viral infection. Evidence suggests that the new severe acute '
'respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) could increase the risk of acute '
'cardiovascular events by inducing systemic inflammatory responses and instability in coronary '
'plaques. Objectives: The present study aimed to examine the impact of aspirin on clinical '
'symptoms, laboratory indices, and clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19. Patients and '
'Methods: After reviewing the documents of hospitalized patients at the Dr. Shariati hospital '
'in Isfahan, Iran, while case and control groups were selected using a cross-sectional method '
'based on aspirin use and non-use. Following a random selection of the reference population '
'(131 medical records of patients with COVID-19 who had aspirin use and 131 of the group of '
'patients with COVID-19 without aspirin use). Medical records of patients with cardiovascular '
'disease, diabetes, cardiovascular disease with diabetes, and patients without underlying '
'disease were evaluated. After matching the two groups based on age, gender, and medical '
'history, the examination and results were recorded in a questionnaire. Results: The results '
'showed that during treatment, no significant difference between the case and control groups '
'regarding clinical symptoms, laboratory results, the need for bilevel positive airway '
'pressure (BiPAP), and mechanical ventilation (P=0.0111 and P=0.089, respectively) were '
'observed. Moreover, no significant difference in the outcome, including improvement and death '
'was detected (P=0.962). Likewise, no significant difference in hospitalization duration '
'between the aspirin and control groups was seen (P=0.289). Conclusion: Our study on a group '
'of COVID-19 patients showed, aspirin is ineffective on clinical symptoms, laboratory indices, '
'and outcomes, however our results further investigation by multi-centric '
'investigations.</jats:p>',
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