1Naser Hatami, 2Navid Kalani, 1*Farshid Javdani, 3Sayyed Reza Ahmadi,
3Seyed Reza Habibzadeh,
4Behzad Shahi,5Fatemeh Maleki, 6Neema John Mehramiz,
3Mahdi Foroughian
1Student Research Committee, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran.
2Research center for social Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran.
3Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
4Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
5Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
6Department of Psychiatry Neurology. Banner university medical center, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Corresponding Author : Farshid Javdani.
Student Research Committee, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmra/v3-i9-09
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ABSTRACT
N-acetyl cysteine is seen to improve patients with acute respiratory diseases. The recommended pathways, of it's the effect on pulmonary diseases, are its antioxidant capacity through glutathione synthesis (GSH) and following effects on preventing and controlling cytokine storm. These features make it a good candidate to be evaluated for COVID-19 disease as this disease is causing a cytokine storm.
KEYWORDSN-acetyl cysteine, COVID-19, Acute respiratory distress syndrome
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