News-Medical.Net October 17, 2024
Individuals with multiple long-term conditions are two and a half times more likely to die following COVID-19 infection than others. When children were assessed separately the risk for mortality among those with multiple long-term conditions increased to almost three times (2.8) the risk of those without. The mortality rates are 22% and 8% respectively.
That is according to an authoritative systematic review and meta-analysis of over four million patients with COVID-19 published today (Thursday 17 October) in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
The authors are calling for patients with multiple long-term conditions to be prioritized in healthcare policies.
This systematic review is believed to have considered the largest ever cohort of patients with COVID-19...
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