Antihypertensive drugs and risk of COVID-19?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Electronic address: ctignane@umn.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ Department of Pharmacy, Fairview Southdale, Minnesota, MN, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Division of Medicine and Infectious Disease, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Comment

Christopher J Tignanelli et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;8(5):e30-e31.

doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30153-3. Epub 2020 Mar 26.

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Electronic address: ctignane@umn.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ Department of Pharmacy, Fairview Southdale, Minnesota, MN, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Division of Medicine and Infectious Disease, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

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Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection?
Fang L, Karakiulakis G, Roth M. Fang L, et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Apr;8(4):e21. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30116-8. Epub 2020 Mar 11. Lancet Respir Med. 2020. PMID: 32171062 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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