A new study of hospitalized patients shows that 94% had at least one underlying health problem
The most common were hypertension , obesity and diabetes .
Researchers then looked at outcome data from the 2,634 patients who eventually left the hospital, either because they had died or had been discharged. About 14% had been treated in the intensive care unit , 12% had been on ventilators, 3% had kidney replacement therapy and 21% died. The outcomes for people placed on ventilators were grim; 88% of them died. Of the patients who died, people with diabetes were more likely to have been placed on ventilators.
“Having serious comorbidities increases your risk,” says Karina Davidson, one of the study’s authors and senior vice president for the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, which is part of the Northwell Health system. “This is a very serious disease with a very poor outcome for those who have severe infections from it.
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