Risk and protective factors for COVID-19 morbidity, severity, and mortality

J Zhang, X Dong, G Liu, Y Gao - Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2023 - Springer
The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the novel severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become an evolving global …

Prognostic factors for severity and mortality in patients infected with COVID-19: A systematic review

A Izcovich, MA Ragusa, F Tortosa, MA Lavena Marzio… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background and purpose The objective of our systematic review is to identify prognostic
factors that may be used in decision-making related to the care of patients infected with …

[HTML][HTML] Peer reviewed: underlying medical conditions and severe illness among 540,667 adults hospitalized with COVID-19, March 2020–March 2021

L Kompaniyets, AF Pennington… - Preventing chronic …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods We used data from more than 800 US hospitals in the Premier Healthcare
Database Special COVID-19 Release (PHD-SR) to describe hospitalized patients aged 18 …

ACE2: Evidence of role as entry receptor for SARS-CoV-2 and implications in comorbidities

N Zamorano Cuervo, N Grandvaux - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Pandemic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes
coronavirus 19 disease (COVID-19) which presents a large spectrum of manifestations with …

[PDF][PDF] Hypertension and its severity or mortality in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): a pooled analysis

G Lippi, J Wong, BM Henry - Pol Arch Intern Med, 2020 - researchgate.net
Introduction: As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, identification of clinical
predictors of severe or fatal disease are necessary to enable risk stratification and optimize …

Clinical determinants of the severity of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

X Li, X Zhong, Y Wang, X Zeng, T Luo, Q Liu - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Objective We aimed to systematically identify the possible risk factors responsible for severe
cases. Methods We searched PubMed, Embase, Web of science and Cochrane Library for …

Cigarette smoke exposure and inflammatory signaling increase the expression of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 in the respiratory tract

JC Smith, EL Sausville, V Girish, ML Yuan… - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
The factors mediating fatal SARS-CoV-2 infections are poorly understood. Here, we show
that cigarette smoke causes a dose-dependent upregulation of angiotensin converting …

Knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19 among chronic disease patients at Addis Zemen Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Y Akalu, B Ayelign, MD Molla - Infection and drug resistance, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the worst global
crisis after the Second World War. Since no successful treatment and vaccine have been …

Risk factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–associated hospitalization: COVID-19–associated hospitalization surveillance network and behavioral risk …

JY Ko, ML Danielson, M Town, G Derado… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Data on risk factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–associated
hospitalization are needed to guide prevention efforts and clinical care. We sought to identify …

A stochastic agent-based model of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in France

N Hoertel, M Blachier, C Blanco, M Olfson, M Massetti… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Many European countries have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing
nationwide protection measures and lockdowns. However, the epidemic could rebound …