Authors: Martin Dugas 1, Tanja Grote-Westrick 2, Uta Merle 3, Michaela Fontenay 4, Andreas E Kremer 5, Frank Hanses 6, Richard Vollenberg 7, Eva Lorentzen 8, Shilpa Tiwari-Heckler 9, Jérôme Duchemin 10, Syrine Ellouze 11, Marcel Vetter 12, Julia Fürst 13, Philipp Schuster 14, Tobias Brix 15, Claudia M Denkinger 16, Carsten Müller-Tidow 17, Hartmut Schmidt 18, Phil-Robin Tepasse 19, Joachim Kühn 20 Abstract Background: The vast majority of COVID-19 […]
Long covid: Damage to multiple organs presents in young, low risk patients
Authors: Gareth Iacobucci BMJ 2020; 371 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m4470 (Published 17 November 2020)Cite this as: BMJ 2020;371:m4470 Young, low risk patients with ongoing symptoms of covid-19 had signs of damage to multiple organs four months after initially being […]
Attributes and predictors of long COVID
Authors: Carole H. Sudre, Benjamin Murray, Claire J. Steves Abstract Reports of long-lasting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptoms, the so-called ‘long COVID’, are rising but little is known about prevalence, risk factors […]
Early COVID-19 symptoms differ among age groups, research finds
Authors: King’s College London Symptoms for early COVID-19 infection differ among age groups and between men and women, new research has found. These differences are most notable between younger age […]
Risk for COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization, and Death By Age Group
Authors: CDC Rate ratios compared to 18- to 29-year-olds1 0-4 years old 5-17 years old 18-29 years old 30-39 years old 40-49 years old 50-64 years old 65-74 years old 75-84 years old 85+ years old Cases2 <1x […]
Age-Adjusted Associations Between Comorbidity and Outcomes of COVID-19: A Review of the Evidence From the Early Stages of the Pandemic
Authors: Kate E. Mason*, Gillian Maudsley, Philip McHale, Andy Pennington, Jennifer Day and Ben Barr Objectives: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, people with underlying comorbidities were overrepresented in hospitalised cases of COVID-19, but the relationship between comorbidity […]
The Age-Related Risk of Severe Outcomes Due to COVID-19 Infection: A Rapid Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression
Authors: Karla Romero Starke 1, Gabriela Petereit-Haack 2, Melanie Schubert 1, Daniel Kämpf 1, Alexandra Schliebner 1, Janice Hegewald 1, Andreas Seidler 1 Abstract Increased age appears to be a strong risk factor for COVID-19 severe outcomes. However, studies do not sufficiently consider […]
Severe covid-19 pneumonia: pathogenesis and clinical management
Authors: Amy H Attaway, assistant professor of medicine, associate director, COPD center1, Rachel G Scheraga, assistant professor of medicine1 2, Adarsh Bhimraj, head, section of neurological infections; staff, infectious diseases1, Michelle […]