Diego González-Guzmán,Carlos A Andrade-Castellanos,Marco A Ponce-Gallegos,Ignacio Mesina-Estarrón,José G Mora-Almanza,Hugo E Ruelas-Moreno,Daniel Rodríguez-González,Omar Eguia-Ortega,Luis Enrique Colunga-Lozano
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Abstract
PURPOSE
We assessed the potential association between N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) and clinical outcomes in critically ill subjects with COVID-19-related ARDS.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
We included subjects with confirmed COVID-19 who were admitted to our ICU between March 1, 2020, and January 31, 2021, due to ARDS and necessitating invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). Subjects who received standard of care (SOC) were compared with subjects who additionally received NAC 600 mg bid orally.
RESULTS
A total of 243 subjects were included in this study. The results indicate significantly improved survival rates in the NAC plus SOC group, both in the unadjusted analysis and after adjusting for confounding factors such as ARDS severity (HR 0.48, 95% CI 0.32-0.70).
CONCLUSIONS
We found that oral administration of NAC was associated with reduced mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19 related ARDS.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine (JIC) is a peer-reviewed bi-monthly journal offering medical and surgical clinicians in adult and pediatric intensive care state-of-the-art, broad-based analytic reviews and updates, original articles, reports of large clinical series, techniques and procedures, topic-specific electronic resources, book reviews, and editorials on all aspects of intensive/critical/coronary care.