Predictors of in-hospital COVID-19 mortality: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis exploring differences by age, sex and health conditions

AE Mesas, I Cavero-Redondo, C Álvarez-Bueno… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Objective Risk factors for in-hospital mortality in confirmed COVID-19 patients have been
summarized in numerous meta-analyses, but it is still unclear whether they vary according to …

A systematic review of systematic reviews on the COVID-19 pandemic

ZN Hatmi - SN comprehensive clinical medicine, 2021 - Springer
COVID-19 a systemic inflammation involving multiple organs, affecting all age groups, with
high mortality rate, severe adverse outcomes, and high economic burden need to be …

Persistence of symptoms and quality of life at 35 days after hospitalization for COVID-19 infection

LG Jacobs, E Gourna Paleoudis, D Lesky-Di Bari… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Characterizing the prevalence and persistence of symptoms associated with
COVID-19 infection following hospitalization and their impact is essential to planning post …

COVID-19: guidance on palliative care from a European Respiratory Society international task force

DJA Janssen, M Ekström, DC Currow… - European respiratory …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background Many people are dying from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but
consensus guidance on palliative care in COVID-19 is lacking. This new life-threatening …

Palliative care for patients with severe covid-19

R Ting, P Edmonds, IJ Higginson, KE Sleeman - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Patients with severe covid-19 may deteriorate rapidly. It is therefore useful to have a strategy
in place for managing deterioration and potential death (for those not suitable for escalation …

Why is COVID-19 more severe in patients with diabetes? The role of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, endothelial dysfunction and the immunoinflammatory system

J Roberts, AL Pritchard, AT Treweeke… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Meta-analyses have indicated that individuals with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are at increased
risk of suffering a severe form of COVID-19 and have a higher mortality rate than the non …

Core outcome measures for trials in people with coronavirus disease 2019: respiratory failure, multiorgan failure, shortness of breath, and recovery

A Tong, A Baumgart, N Evangelidis… - Critical care …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Respiratory failure, multiple organ failure, shortness of breath, recovery, and
mortality have been identified as critically important core outcomes by more than 9300 …

An audit of end-of-life symptom control in patients with corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) dying in a hospital in the United Kingdom

B Alderman, K Webber, A Davies - Palliative medicine, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The literature contains limited information on the problems faced by dying
patients with COVID-19 and the effectiveness of interventions to manage these. Aim: The …

Palliative care consultation in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective study of characteristics, outcomes, and unmet needs

S Lopez, KD Finuf, A Marziliano, L Sinvani… - Journal of pain and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Context Few studies have described the characteristics and palliative care needs in
hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Objectives Describing …

Palliative care in COVID-19

DJA Janssen - Current opinion in supportive and palliative care, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Palliative care has an important role in this pandemic. Palliative care rapidly developed
services and opportunities were found to support patients, families and clinicians. Further …