A brand new research reveals that individuals who contracted Covid-19 suffered from several complications like kidney, lung, and cardiovascular issues. The study, published in CMAJ, identified patients who had a Covid-19 related health visit between March 1 and April 30, 2020. Over half of all patients were admitted to the hospital and approximately five per cent were admitted to the intensive care unit. The median age was 65 years, and 55.8 per cent were female.
Dr William Murk, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, with co-authors from Aetion, Inc., HealthVerity, Inc. and the University of Toronto, wrote, “Understanding the full range of associated conditions can aid in prognosis, guide treatment decisions and better inform patients as to their actual risks for the variety of Covid-19 complications reported in the literature and media.”
Common complications associated with Covid-19 were pneumonia, respiratory failure, kidney failure, and sepsis or systemic inflammation, consistent with other studies. The absolute risk of someone with Covid-19 having these serious conditions was 27.6 per cent for pneumonia, 22.6 per cent for respiratory failure, 11.8 per cent for kidney failure, and 10.4 per cent for sepsis or systemic inflammation. The researchers also found associations with a range of other lung and cardiovascular conditions, such as collapsed lung, blood clotting disorders, and heart inflammation – the risk of these, however, were relatively low.
