2.0 Materials and methods:
An electronic database search was
conducted using the Cochrane library, PubMed, Embase, CT.gov and mdRxiv.
Search keywords included “angiotensin receptor blockers”,
“angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors”, “ACE inhibitors”,
“ARB”, “SARS”, “severe acute respiratory syndrome”, “COVID-19”,
“SARS-CoV-2”, “mortality”, “death”, “complications”, “acute
respiratory distress syndrome”, “mortality”, “death”. The search
was conducted irrespective of any language barrier or time constraints.
As a part of advanced screening references of identified citations were
also screened for any additional information missed out in the screening
process. [Figure 1]