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 …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic prescribing in patients with COVID-19: rapid review and meta-analysis

BJ Langford, M So, S Raybardhan, V Leung… - Clinical microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The proportion of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 that are prescribed
antibiotics is uncertain, and may contribute to patient harm and global antibiotic resistance …

Demographic risk factors for COVID-19 infection, severity, ICU admission and death: a meta-analysis of 59 studies

BG Pijls, S Jolani, A Atherley, RT Derckx, JIR Dijkstra… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective We aimed to describe the associations of age and sex with the risk of COVID-19 in
different severity stages ranging from infection to death. Design Systematic review and meta …

The effect of smoking on COVID‐19 severity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

RK Reddy, WN Charles, A Sklavounos… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Various comorbidities represent risk factors for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐
19). The impact of smoking on COVID‐19 severity has been previously reported in several …

Prevalence of comorbidities among individuals with COVID-19: A rapid review of current literature

KT Bajgain, S Badal, BB Bajgain, MJ Santana - American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction On February 11, 2020 WHO designated the name “COVID-19” for the disease
caused by “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2”(SARS-CoV-2), a novel virus …

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 …

Prevalence and predictors of death and severe disease in patients hospitalized due to COVID-19: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of 77 studies …

K Dorjee, H Kim, E Bonomo, R Dolma - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Progression of COVID-19 to severe disease and death is insufficiently
understood. Objective Summarize the prevalence of risk factors and adverse outcomes and …

[HTML][HTML] Saliva sample as a non-invasive specimen for the diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019: a cross-sectional study

E Pasomsub, SP Watcharananan, K Boonyawat… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Amid the increasing number of pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
cases, there is a need for a quick and easy method to obtain a non-invasive sample for the …

Impact of age, sex, comorbidities and clinical symptoms on the severity of COVID-19 cases: A meta-analysis with 55 studies and 10014 cases

MA Barek, MA Aziz, MS Islam - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Purpose Severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cases are overgrowing
globally and now become a pandemic. A meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the …

Obesity in COVID-19 era, implications for mechanisms, comorbidities, and prognosis: a review and meta-analysis

SMM Aghili, M Ebrahimpur, B Arjmand… - International journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Background Recent studies have shown that obesity is associated with the severity of
coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We reviewed clinical studies to clarify the obesity …