U.K., Jan. 6 -- A new study has identified which Covid-19 patients face the greatest risk of mortality during hospitalisation.
Researchers at University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) evaluated nearly 67,000 hospitalised Covid-19 patients in 613 hospitals across the US, to determine the link between certain common patient characteristics and the risk of dying. The research is the largest study of its kind to date.
Hospitalised patients with Covid have a 30 per cent greater risk of dying if they are men, compared to women of the same age and health status, researchers found. Additionally hospitalised patients who are obese, have hypertension or poorly managed diabetes have a higher risk of dying compared to those who do not have ...