Academic Journal
COVID-19 and comorbidities: Deleterious impact on infected patients
| Title: | COVID-19 and comorbidities: Deleterious impact on infected patients |
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| Authors: | Hasan Ejaz, Abdullah Alsrhani, Aizza Zafar, Humera Javed, Kashaf Junaid, Abualgasim E. Abdalla, Khalid O.A. Abosalif, Zeeshan Ahmed, Sonia Younas |
| Source: | Journal of Infection and Public Health, Vol 13, Iss 12, Pp 1833-1839 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: | Elsevier, 2020. |
| Publication Year: | 2020 |
| Collection: | LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: | SARS-CoV-2, Comorbidities, COVID-19, Diabetes, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Cardiovascular diseases, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: | The pandemic situation with the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from China has endangered human lives. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is presented with asymptomatic, mild, or severe pneumonia-like symptoms. COVID-19 patients with diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cardiovascular diseases (CVD), hypertension, malignancies, HIV, and other comorbidities could develop a life-threatening situation. SARS-CoV-2 utilizes ACE-2 receptors found at the surface of the host cells to get inside the cell. Certain comorbidities are associated with a strong ACE-2 receptor expression and higher release of proprotein convertase that enhances the viral entry into the host cells. The comorbidities lead to the COVID-19 patient into a vicious infectious circle of life and are substantially associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The comorbid individuals must adopt the vigilant preventive measure and require scrupulous management. In this review, we rigorously focused on the impact of common morbidities in COVID-19 patients and recapitulated the management strategies with recent directions. We found limited resources describing the association of comorbidities in COVID-19; however, our review delineates the broader spectrum of comorbidities with COVID-19 patients. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1876-0341 |
| Relation: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034120305943; https://doaj.org/toc/1876-0341 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.07.014 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/1f602ac1bcc34ab79580322d836da1e9 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.1f602ac1bcc34ab79580322d836da1e9 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 18760341 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.07.014 |
| Published in: | Journal of Infection and Public Health |
| Language: | English |