Arterial hypertension and the risk of severity and mortality of COVID-19

We have read with great interest the recently published study from Guan et al. entitled "Comorbidity and its impact on 1590 patients with Covid-19 in China: A Nationwide Analysis". To the best of our knowledge this is the first large scale study that focuses on independent clinical risk fa...

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Autores principales: Leiva Sisnieguez, Carlos Enrique, Espeche, Walter Gastón, Salazar, Martín R.
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Publicado: 2020
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/136618
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Sumario:We have read with great interest the recently published study from Guan et al. entitled "Comorbidity and its impact on 1590 patients with Covid-19 in China: A Nationwide Analysis". To the best of our knowledge this is the first large scale study that focuses on independent clinical risk factors associated with a composite outcome (death, use of ventilator or ICU requirement), using a Cox regression model.