Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab in COVID-19 Patients: Retrospective Study

The Medical Journal of Cairo University/The Medical Journal of Cairo University

ALAA EID MOHAMED, M.D.; ASHRAF A. EL AGAMY, M.D., AHMED W. EZZAT, M.D.; HASSAN ABD ELFATAH M. IBRAHIM,

Citations:

1

References:

12

Abstract

Background: In December 2019, the severe acute respi-ratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected millions of people across the globe and claimed hundreds of thousands of human lives. Indeed, elevated blood levels of IL-6 have been shown to correlate with COVID-19 disease severity and SARS-CoV-2 RNA blood levels in COVID-19 patients, and are also associated with a worse prognosis. Aim o...

Subjects

Tocilizumab

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Medicine

Retrospective cohort study

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Internal medicine

Virology

Rheumatoid arthritis

Disease

Outbreak

Infectious disease (medical specialty)

2022

Article

Open Access

Institution

The Departments of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University and Department of Intensive Care, Egypt Air Hospital

Publisher

Clinical Society of Cairo University

Journal Rank

0.135

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21608/mjcu.2022.295227

Language

en

Country

Egypt

Primary Source

Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab in COVID-19 Patients: Retrospective Study

Primary Source

Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab in COVID-19 Patients: Retrospective Study

The Medical Journal of Cairo University/The Medical Journal of Cairo University

ALAA EID MOHAMED, M.D.; ASHRAF A. EL AGAMY, M.D., AHMED W. EZZAT, M.D.; HASSAN ABD ELFATAH M. IBRAHIM,

Citations:

1

References:

12

Abstract

Background: In December 2019, the severe acute respi-ratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected millions of people across the globe and claimed hundreds of thousands of human lives. Indeed, elevated blood levels of IL-6 have been shown to correlate with COVID-19 disease severity and SARS-CoV-2 RNA blood levels in COVID-19 patients, and are also associated with a worse prognosis. Aim o...