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Patients with serum zinc content at admission <50 µg/dl had a mortality of 21%, which was significantly higher than merely 5% mortality in patients having zinc at admission ≥50 µg/dl; p<0·001.

Patients with serum zinc content at admission <50 µg/dl had a mortality of 21%, which was significantly higher than merely 5% mortality in patients having zinc at admission ≥50 µg/dl; p<0·001.

{{cquote|Serum zinc levels lower than 50 mcgg/dl at admission correlated with worse clinical presentation, longer time to reach stability and higher mortality.}}

{{cquote|Serum zinc levels lower than 50 mcgg/dl at admission correlated with worse clinical presentation, longer time to reach stability and higher mortality.

<ref>https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.07.20208645v1</ref>

<ref>https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.07.20208645v1</ref>}}

 

== HCQ Effective as Preventive Treatment ==

== HCQ Effective as Preventive Treatment ==

{{cquote|Five randomized controlled clinical trials enrolling 5,577 patients were included. HCQ was associated with a 24% reduction in COVID-19 infection, hospitalization or death .... No serious adverse cardiac events were reported. The most common side effects were gastrointestinal.<br>Conclusion--Hydroxychloroquine use in outpatients reduces the incidence of the composite outcome of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death. Serious adverse events were not reported and cardiac arrhythmia was rare.<ref>https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.30.20204693v1</ref>}}

{{cquote|Five randomized controlled clinical trials enrolling 5,577 patients were included. HCQ was associated with a 24% reduction in COVID-19 infection, hospitalization or death .... No serious adverse cardiac events were reported. The most common side effects were gastrointestinal.<br>Conclusion--Hydroxychloroquine use in outpatients reduces the incidence of the composite outcome of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death. Serious adverse events were not reported and cardiac arrhythmia was rare.<ref>https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.30.20204693v1</ref>}}