Prevalence, Severity and Mortality associated with COPD and Smoking in patients with COVID-19: A Rapid Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

S. Alqahtani, Jaber; Oyelade, Tope; M. Aldhahir, Abdulelah; Alghamdi, Saeed; Almehmadi, Mater; Alqahtani, Abdullah; Quaderi, Shumonta; Mandal, Swapna; R. Hurst, John

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0233147

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Prevalence, Severity and Mortality associated with COPD and Smoking in patients with COVID-19: A Rapid Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Published in PLoS ONE • May 11, 2020

Authors:

Jaber S. Alqahtani

Tope Oyelade

Abdulelah M. Aldhahir

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an evolving infectious disease that dramatically spread all over the world in the early part of 2020. No studies have yet summarized the potential severity and mortality risks caused by COVID-19 in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

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COPD

Medicine

Meta-analysis

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