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Effect of Hydroxychloroquine Use on the Length Of Hospital Stay in Children Diagnosed With Covid 19

Uygen et al., Northern Clinics of Istanbul, doi:10.14744/nci.2021.65471, Sep 2021

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Retrospective 40 pediatric hospitalized patients, 15 treated with HCQ, showing 7.2 vs. 8.2 days until PCR-, not quite reaching statistical significance.
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OutcomeImprovementEffect · pTreatmentControl
time to viral- 12.2% lower · relative time 0.88 · p = 0.05 12.2% lowerrelative time 0.88p = 0.05 15 25 treatment 15, control 25

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Uygen et al., 15 Sep 2021, retrospective, Turkey, peer-reviewed, 4 authors.
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Late treatment
is less effective