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. 2020 Jul 14;24(1):429.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03154-4.

Atorvastatin associated with decreased hazard for death in COVID-19 patients admitted to an ICU: a retrospective cohort study

Guillermo Rodriguez-Nava  1 , Daniela Patricia Trelles-Garcia  2 , Maria Adriana Yanez-Bello  2 , Chul Won Chung  2 , Valeria Patricia Trelles-Garcia  3 , Harvey J Friedman  4   5
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Atorvastatin associated with decreased hazard for death in COVID-19 patients admitted to an ICU: a retrospective cohort study

Guillermo Rodriguez-Nava et al. Crit Care. .
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Keywords: Adjuvant therapies; Atorvastatin; COVID-19; Critical care; Emerging disease; Immunomodulators; Statins.

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