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

• Auteurs principaux: Sameer Bhalla (Auteur), Brihat Sharma (Auteur), Dale Smith (Auteur), Randy Boley (Auteur), Connor McCluskey (Auteur), Yousaf Ilyas (Auteur), Majid Afshar (Auteur), Robert Balk (Auteur), Niranjan Karnik (Auteur), Ali Keshavarzian (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: JMIR Publications, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...