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    Critical review: effect of Zinc and/or vitamin C supplementation as a treatment in the recovery of patients with Covid-19
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2022-11-21) Galarza Martel, Ronny Raúl Omar; Bohórquez Medina, Andrea Lisbet
    The present work is a secondary research of critical review, which aimed to determine the effect of supplementation with zinc and/or vitamin C as a treatment for the recovery of patients with COVID-19. Evidence-Based Nutrition was used as a methodology. (NuBE), likewise, the systematic search of articles was carried out using Pubmed, Science Direct, Springer Open, Scopus and MDPI as scientific databases, where 55 articles were found, of which 17 were selected to be evaluated by the CASPe tool and in this way a randomized clinical trial titled: “Effect of high-dose zinc and ascorbic acid supplementation vs usual care on symptom length and reduction among ambulatory patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: The COVID A to Z” was selected. randomized clinical trial", which obtained a level of evidence "I" and a grade of recommendation "Strong" based on the researcher's evaluation in accordance with the application of the CASPe tool, concluding that zinc supplementation and/or vitamin C generates a positive effect in the treatment for the recovery of patients with COVID-19, but it is not statistically significant; Therefore, larger clinical trials must be carried out to demonstrate the importance of said supplementation.