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Comment
. 2020 Jul 1;100(3):1347-1348.
doi: 10.1152/physrev.00017.2020.

An Ounce of Prevention May Prevent Hospitalization

Andrew B Barker  1 , Brant M Wagener  1
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An Ounce of Prevention May Prevent Hospitalization

Andrew B Barker et al. Physiol Rev. .
No abstract available

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; acute respiratory distress syndrome; coagulopathy; tissue plasminogen activator; tranexamic acid.

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Conflict of interest statement

A. Barker has no conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise. B. Wagener has an ongoing collaboration with Sadis Matalon (co-author of the primary review) and has published a paper with him within the last 3 yr. Furthermore, B. Wagener is a co-investigator on both the outpatient and inpatient tranexamic acid studies mentioned in the letter.

Editor S. Matalon was not involved in the peer review process of this manuscript.

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