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Utilization of Antiviral Treatment for Hospitalized Patients With Mild-to-moderate Covid-19 at High Risk for Disease Progression

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Clinicians frequently encounter patients in the hospital with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who are at high risk for disease progression. Antiviral drugs reduce the rate of progression to severe COVID-19 when given to these patients within 5-7 days of symptom onset. To look at the utilization of antiviral medications in hospitalized patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, a detailed chart review was conducted of 500 randomly selected patients from the Charleston Area Medical Center COVID-19 Registry. We identified 124 patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who were eligible for antiviral treatment. Only 41 of the 124 patients (33.1 %) received antiviral treatment. Providers listed mild symptoms as the most common reason (74.7 %) that antiviral treatment was not started. These findings show that antiviral medications are underutilized in treating high-risk hospitalized patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 to prevent disease progression.

Source: Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives

DOI: 10.55729/2000-9666.1552

Authors: Michael P. Iannetti, Katie Barnes, Stephen Varga, Suzanne Kemper, Elaine Davis Mattox

Institutions: Charleston Area Medical Center, West Virginia University, Wayne State University, Trinity Health Oakland Hospital

Language: English

Topic: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $500