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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024

Clinical Outcomes of Aspirin and Clopidogrel among Patients with Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Insights from a Meta-Analysis.

Naif M Alhawiti, Taha T Ismaeil, Sherouk Fouda, Badi A Alotaibi, Ashraf El-Metwally, Tlili Barhoumi, Tareq F Alotaibi

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Naif M AlhawitiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-8357-6886
Taha T IsmaeilKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh 21423, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2328-5347
Sherouk FoudaCollege of Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8227-4571
Badi A AlotaibiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia.
Ashraf El-MetwallyCollege of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia.
Tlili BarhoumiKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh 21423, Saudi Arabia.
Tareq F AlotaibiKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh 21423, Saudi Arabia.

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Abstract

(1) Background: Aspirin and clopidogrel have been found helpful in improving clinical outcomes among patients with chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD). However, the evidence on the efficacy of aspirin and/or clopidogrel on clinical outcomes has not been synthesized and summarized in the prior reviews. Hence, we undertook a meta-analysis of the research studies examining the effect of aspirin and/or clopidogrel on varying clinical outcomes among COPD patients; (2) Methods: Using key search terms, we searched databases, including MEDLINE, CINAHL, Google Scholar, and EMBASE to find observational studies and RCTs. Our search was limited to research written in English. We used a random effect model to calculate the 95% confidence intervals and pooled hazard ratio; (3) Results: We included 12 eligible research studies (33,8008 patients) in the current meta-analysis. Among COPD patients, the hazard of all-cause mortality among users of aspirin or clopidogrel was 17% lower (HR: 0.83; 95% CIs (0.70, 0.97; I

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aspirinclinical outcomesclopidogrelCOPDmeta-analysis

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