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

• Główni autorzy: Sameer Bhalla (Autor), Brihat Sharma (Autor), Dale Smith (Autor), Randy Boley (Autor), Connor McCluskey (Autor), Yousaf Ilyas (Autor), Majid Afshar (Autor), Robert Balk (Autor), Niranjan Karnik (Autor), Ali Keshavarzian (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: 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...