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Guidelines update, v37.1

15 April, 2021

Updates to the Australian guidelines for the clinical care of people with COVID-19 this week include the following changes to the evidence summary sections for:

 

Corticosteroids

We have found three new trials comparing corticosteroids with standard care (Corral-Gudino et al. doi: 10.1007/s00508-020-01805-8, Tang et al. doi: 10.1159/000512063 and Jamaati et al. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2021.173947).

Remdesivir

We have found one new trial comparing remdesivir with standard care (Mahajan et al. doi: 10.4103/ija.IJA_149_21).

Ivermectin

We have found two new trials comparing ivermectin with standard care (Pott-Junior et al. doi:10.1016/j.toxrep.2021.03.003 and Kishoria et al. doi: 10.36106/paripex).

N-acetylcysteine 

We have found one new trial comparing n-acetylcysteine with standard care (Gaynitdinova et al. doi: 10.18093/0869-0189).

Note: The newly identified trials listed above are currently under review and updated recommendations will be included in future versions of the guidelines.

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