Abstract

Dear Editor, In their anecdotal report, Bossi and colleagues demonstrate that “off-label” use of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in three subjects with severe or critical severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia without diabetes did not have a significant impact on surrogate clinical outcomes, such as length of hospital stay [1]. [...]current evidence seems insufficient to influence decision-making for the management of patients in the acute setting, especially those without diabetes. Association of cardiovascular disease and 10 other pre-existing comorbidities with COVID-19 mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Title
Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors and Major COVID-19 Outcomes: Promising Mechanisms, Conflicting Data, and Intriguing Clinical Decisions
Author
Patoulias, Dimitrios 1 ; Papadopoulos, Christodoulos 2 ; Katsimardou, Alexandra 1 ; Toumpourleka, Maria 2 ; Doumas, Michael 3 

 General Hospital “Hippokration”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Second Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece (GRID:grid.4793.9) (ISNI:0000000109457005) 
 General Hospital “Hippokration”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Third Department of Cardiology, Thessaloniki, Greece (GRID:grid.4793.9) (ISNI:0000000109457005) 
 General Hospital “Hippokration”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Second Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece (GRID:grid.4793.9) (ISNI:0000000109457005); VAMC and George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA (GRID:grid.253615.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 9510) 
Pages
3003-3005
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Dec 2020
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
18696953
e-ISSN
18696961
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2512385819
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.