dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-19T19:50:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-03-19T19:50:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-12-15 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://evidenceaid.org/resource/smoking-and-covid-19-multiple-reviews/ | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12663/2531 | |
dc.description.abstract | What is this? Smokers are more vulnerable to infectious diseases and smoking can worsen the prognosis of people with respiratory diseases, such as COVID-19. Findings from several relevant rapid reviews are summarised here. More details, including citations and links to the reviews, are available further down this page. What was found: The reviews found a paucity of data about smoking and COVID-19 but they suggest that smoking, which is an avoidable risk factor, was associated with worse outcomes for COVID-19 patients. The Grundy review of reviews (search done on 8 May 2020) found an increased risk of developing severe COVID-19 in patients who had ever smoked. The Patanavanich review (search done on 28 April 2020) found that smoking increases the risk of severe infection and complications related to COVID-19. Smokers were approximately twice as likely to progress to severe or critical disease or death.
The Farsalinos review (search done up to 25 April 2020) found that current smokers had a higher risk of adverse outcomes than non-smokers but a lower risk than former smokers. The Vardaras review (search done on 17 March 2020) reported that current or previous smokers with COVID-19 infection were more likely to be admitted to an intensive care unit, receive mechanical ventilation and die from the COVID-19 (compared to COVID-19 patients who did not smoke). [...] | en_US |
dc.language | English | en_US |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | en_US |
dc.subject | Coronavirus | en_US |
dc.subject | Coronavirus Infections | en_US |
dc.subject | Infectious Diseases | en_US |
dc.subject | Betacoronavirus | en_US |
dc.subject | Smoking | en_US |
dc.title | Smoking and COVID-19 (multiple reviews) | en_US |
eihealth.country | Others | en_US |
eihealth.category | Infection prevention and control, including health care workers protection | en_US |
eihealth.type | Published Article | en_US |
eihealth.maincategory | Save Lives / Salvar Vidas | en_US |
dc.contributor.corporatename | Evidence Aid | en_US |