A Word of Caution in the Use of Hydroxychloroquine in the Elderly COVID-19 Population

Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila). 2020 Jul-Aug;9(4):374-375. doi: 10.1097/APO.0000000000000314.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Drug Treatment
  • Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy*
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydroxychloroquine / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Risk Factors
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Hydroxychloroquine