Effect of Favipiravir on Mortality in Patients With COVID-19 at a Tertiary Center Intensive Care Unit

Many agents have been given for treatment of COVID-19 infection. "Covid-19 Diagnosis and Treatment Guideline" by Ministry of Health was advised nationwide use of favipiravir or lopinavir-ritonavir although evidence was scarce for the nationwide use of lopinavir-ritonavir or favipiravir to treat COVID-19 at the time of publication date of detailed guideline Favipiravir is a RNA dependent RNA polymerase inhibitor and approved for treatment of influenza in Japan at 2014 The aim of the study was to compare ICU and hospital mortality in patients with favipiravir or lopinavir-ritonavir treatment and compare other laboratory parameters in patients treated with these two antiviral agents.