Could Anemia Impact the Severity of Infections? COVID-19 as an Example
Sham ZainAlAbdin, Salahdein Aburuz, Amal Akour, Rami Beiram, Munther Alnajjar, Derar Abdel-Qader, Mosab Arafat, Anan Jarab, Mohammed Aburuz, Sara AlAshram, Sara AlJabi, Fatima AlSalama, Mohammed Al Hajjar, Joan-Lluis Vives-Corrons, John McDonnell, John McDonnell, salahdein aburuz, Joan-Lluis Vives-C · 2024
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Sham ZainAlAbdin and co-authors asked whether anemia worsens COVID-19 in a 2024 hospital study from the United Arab Emirates. The team reviewed charts of 3,092 admitted patients with confirmed infection. About one in nine, 362 patients, were anemic. Most cases in the hospital were mild, but anemia clustered with worse illness: thirty percent of anemic patients had moderate to severe disease.
After adjustment, anemia raised the odds of severe disease about 1.6-fold, intensive care admission nearly threefold, and death about two and a half fold. Age over 48 and male sex also predicted severe illness and intensive care, while age alone predicted death. The authors conclude anemia marks a high-risk group worth early attention in such infections.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sham ZainAlAbdin, Salahdein Aburuz, Amal Akour, Rami Beiram, Munther Alnajjar, Derar Abdel-Qader, Mosab Arafat, Anan Jarab, Mohammed Aburuz, Sara AlAshram, Sara AlJabi, Fatima AlSalama, Mohammed Al Hajjar, Joan-Lluis Vives-Corrons, John McDonnell, John McDonnell, salahdein aburuz, Joan-Lluis Vives-C |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 68 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |