Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Nov 30. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000002013. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 may escape the inactivation by gastric acid because of hypochlorhydria caused by proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which could predispose the patients to severe COVID-19.
METHODS: We studied the association between prehospitalization PPI exposure and clinical outcomes among hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
RESULTS: A total of 295 hospitalized COVID-19 patients were included in the study. 15.6% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients were on PPIs at home. Mortality among PPI-users was 2.3 times higher than non-users, along with 2.3 times higher risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome after adjusting for confounding variables.
CONCLUSION: We found that prehospitalization PPI-exposure is independently associated with worse clinical outcomes, including mortality in COVID-19 patients, regardless of the presence of cardiovascular comorbidities.
PMID:33252418 | DOI:10.1097/MEG.0000000000002013