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Long-term N-Acetylcysteine Treatment Accelerates Improvement in Patient-Reported Outcomes for COVID-19 Patients: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

2025-12-12 intensive care and critical care medicine Title + abstract only
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ObjectivesThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has necessitated the urgent investigation of effective long-term therapeutic agents. This study aimed to evaluate the definitive, long-term causal effect of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) treatment on patient-reported outcomes (PRO) in patients with COVID-19 from hospital admission to six months after discharge. DesignProspective, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (RCT). SettingFive COVID-19-designated hospitals,...

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