Early administration of remdesivir to COVID-19 patients associates with higher recovery rate and lower need for ICU admission: A retrospective cohort study

• Hawra Ali Hussain Alsayed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pharmacy Department, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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• Fatemeh Saheb Sharif-Askari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

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• Narjes Saheb Sharif-Askari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

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• Ali Al Sayed Hussain,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pharmacy Department, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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• Qutayba Hamid,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Rabih Halwani

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rhalwani@sharjah.ac.ae

  Affiliations Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Prince Abdullah Ben Khaled Celiac Disease Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6516-7771

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