COVID-19 in adult patients with pre-existing chronic cardiac, respiratory and metabolic disease: a critical literature review with clinical recommendations.

Gerard Thomas FlahertyPaul HessionChee Hwui LiewBryan Chang Wei LimTan Kok LeongVictor LimLokman Hakim Sulaiman

Published in: Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines (2020)

The global pandemic of COVID-19 disease has had a disproportionately negative impact on patients living with chronic medical illness. Future research should be directed at efforts to protect vulnerable patients from possible further waves of COVID-19 and minimising the negative impact of pandemic mitigation strategies on these individuals.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
heart failure
climate change
patient reported outcomes
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
left ventricular
quality improvement