The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid‐19) has become an evolving
worldwide health crisis. With the rising prevalence of obesity and diabetes has come an …

Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has placed
unprecedented burden on the delivery of intensive care services worldwide. Research …

Background Multiple early reports of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 showed
that patients with chronic respiratory disease were significantly under-represented in these …

Objective To characterise the clinical features of patients admitted to hospital with
coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in the United Kingdom during the growth phase of the …

Structured abstract Objective To characterize the clinical features of patients with severe
COVID-19 in the UK. Design Prospective observational cohort study with rapid data …

Intermittent outbreaks of infectious diseases have had profound and lasting effects on
societies throughout history. Those events have powerfully shaped the economic, political …

Background The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of pneumonia and
secondary bacterial infections during the pandemic of influenza A (H1N1) pdm09. Methods …

As the world faces the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic due to severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, concerns have been raised …

About 200 million cases of viral community-acquired pneumonia occur every year—100
million in children and 100 million in adults. Molecular diagnostic tests have greatly …

The interactions between obesity and infectious diseases have recently received increasing
recognition as emerging data have indicated an association between obesity and poor …