Chronic respiratory diseases are predictors of severe outcome in COVID-19 hospitalised patients: a nationwide study

CONCLUSION: Patients with prior respiratory diseases were globally less likely to be hospitalised for COVID-19 than for influenza but were at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 and had a higher mortality rate compared to influenza patients and patients without a history of respiratory illness.Our data suggest that these patients should have priority access to SARS-CoV2 vaccination.PMID:34016619 | DOI:10.1183/13993003.04474-2020

Source: Respiratory Care - May 21, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Guillaume Beltramo Jonathan Cottenet Anne-Sophie Mariet Marjolaine Georges Lionel Piroth Pascale Tubert-Bitter Philippe Bonniaud Catherine Quantin Source Type: research