Investigating Unhealthy Alcohol Use As an Independent Risk Factor for Increased COVID-19 Disease Severity: Observational Cross-sectional Study

• Main Authors: Sameer Bhalla (Author), Brihat Sharma (Author), Dale Smith (Author), Randy Boley (Author), Connor McCluskey (Author), Yousaf Ilyas (Author), Majid Afshar (Author), Robert Balk (Author), Niranjan Karnik (Author), Ali Keshavarzian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundUnhealthy alcohol use (UAU) is known to disrupt pulmonary immune mechanisms and increase the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with pneumonia; however, little is known about the effects of UAU on outcomes in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. To our knowledge, this is...