Empiric Therapies for COVID-19: Destined to Fail by Ignoring the Lessons of History

J Hosp Med. 2020 Jul 1;15(7):434-436. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3469. Epub 2020 Jun 17.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
  • COVID-19
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging* / drug therapy
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging* / history
  • Coronavirus Infections* / drug therapy
  • Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Evidence-Based Medicine / history*
  • History, 17th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Medical Errors / history*
  • Medical Errors / prevention & control
  • Mortality
  • Pandemics / history*
  • Patient Safety*
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2