From confusion to clarity: RAS blockade in patients hospitalized with COVID-19

Raymond A Geherty¹, Matthew A Sparks²

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¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Renal Section, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Electronic address: matthew.sparks@duke.edu.

PMID: 33753072
PMCID: PMC7973333
DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.02.034

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From confusion to clarity: RAS blockade in patients hospitalized with COVID-19

Raymond A Geherty et al. Kidney Int. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;99(5):1059-1061.

doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.02.034. Epub 2021 Mar 19.

Authors

Raymond A Geherty¹, Matthew A Sparks²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Renal Section, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Electronic address: matthew.sparks@duke.edu.

PMID: 33753072
PMCID: PMC7973333
DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.02.034

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Keywords: ACE inhibitors; ARBs; SARS-CoV-2; hypertension; renin-angiotensin system.

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