May 22, 2021

Now that we seem to be making progress on overcoming the high rates of death and hospitalizations from Covid-19 and life is starting to move back to some sort of pre-pandemic normalcy, researchers can take more time to look at outcomes in various groups of patients and disease states. Early on it was surmised that patients with obesity and those with diabetes were more likely to have severe complications related to Covid-19. Now that we have had time to look at hospital records and patient information, we have found that both obesity and diabetes did make the complications worse. We have an article by Joan Prifti, PharmD. Candidate, LECOM College of Pharmacy, that delivers some sobering information on just how badly these patients fared.

Take a look at her conversation on the real severity, pay attention to the hospitalization and mechanical ventilation rates: you, like me, will be shocked.

 

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Dave Joffe

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