id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-277555-tsd6npma Wilde, A. A. M. The ‘president’s drug’ 2020-07-10 .txt text/plain 1685 85 48 Despite an unconfirmed efficacy and potential serious side-effects the presidents of France, Brazil and the United States subsequently publicly promoted the use of HCQ, resulting in an absolute run on HCQ, a shortage of the drug for patients with traditional indications, and a lively debate in the respective countries [1, 2] . In the study by van den Broek et al., 95 patients were treated with CQ (loading dose 600 mg, followed by 2 × 300 mg for 4 days; 22% of patients in the intensive care unit), which resulted in a mean QTc prolongation of 35 ms (95% confidence interval 28-43 ms) [15] . Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label nonrandomized clinical trial Efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19: results of a randomized clinical trial Chloroquine-induced QTc prolongation in COVID-19 patients The risk for QTc interval prolongation in COVID-19 patients treated with chloroquine ./cache/cord-277555-tsd6npma.txt ./txt/cord-277555-tsd6npma.txt