‘Lifestyle diseases behind upto 30% covid casualties’
Representational Image. (Getty Images) LUCKNOW: While pneumonia is the main condition that accelerates progression of coronavirus infection in humans, lifestyle diseases including uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular ailments acted as the precipitating factor in upto 30% of the deaths across the world, suggests an assessment of global literature on Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) published in a book on the pandemic brought out by a team of doctors from King George’s Medical University and various others from India and abroad.
Titled ‘Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)’ the book is a part of series Medical Virology: from Pathogenesis to Disease Control and contains sixteen chapters on various aspects related to the global pandemic.
“The major underlying co-morbidities that complicate the course of COVID-19 by increasing the severity of illness, use of mechanical ventilation and length of ICU stay and thus increase the mortality include uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, hepatitis B, cerebrovascular disease, chronic obstructive airway disease and others like cancer, chronic kidney disease and immunodeficiency,” explained editor, lead author and head, Centre for Advanced Research, KGMU, Professor Shailendra K Saxena whose group started work on Covid in the first week of January.
Talking about the clinical characteristics and differential clinical diagnosis of the pandemic virus, the authors summarized co-morbidities, complications and mortality in various cohorts of COVID-19. Traversing through different studies, the authors noted that pneumonia was seen in 91% of the patients while uncontrolled hypertension was the co-morbid condition in upto 30% of the casualties. Diabetes was the underlying medical condition that led to death in 15-30% of the patients while CVD was seen in 12.5-15% of the patients.
UP state health officials have time and again pointed out that co-morbid conditions were responsible for over 85% COVID-19 deaths in the state. On Monday too, Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad underlined the importance of prevention to keep trouble at bay especially among those with underlying conditions.
With over 88,000 downloads in a week, the book has already become an international Medical Bestseller and is being used as a ready reference by several countries including Caribbean Island nation Antigua and Barbuda and Vietnam. While the Caribbean country’s Medical Council has adopted the book, Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology has recommended its use for public health. The list of co-authors includes KGMU VC Prof MLB Bhatt and head of infectious disease unit Dr D Himanshu among others from India and abroad.
Titled ‘Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)’ the book is a part of series Medical Virology: from Pathogenesis to Disease Control and contains sixteen chapters on various aspects related to the global pandemic.
“The major underlying co-morbidities that complicate the course of COVID-19 by increasing the severity of illness, use of mechanical ventilation and length of ICU stay and thus increase the mortality include uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, hepatitis B, cerebrovascular disease, chronic obstructive airway disease and others like cancer, chronic kidney disease and immunodeficiency,” explained editor, lead author and head, Centre for Advanced Research, KGMU, Professor Shailendra K Saxena whose group started work on Covid in the first week of January.
Talking about the clinical characteristics and differential clinical diagnosis of the pandemic virus, the authors summarized co-morbidities, complications and mortality in various cohorts of COVID-19. Traversing through different studies, the authors noted that pneumonia was seen in 91% of the patients while uncontrolled hypertension was the co-morbid condition in upto 30% of the casualties. Diabetes was the underlying medical condition that led to death in 15-30% of the patients while CVD was seen in 12.5-15% of the patients.
UP state health officials have time and again pointed out that co-morbid conditions were responsible for over 85% COVID-19 deaths in the state. On Monday too, Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad underlined the importance of prevention to keep trouble at bay especially among those with underlying conditions.
With over 88,000 downloads in a week, the book has already become an international Medical Bestseller and is being used as a ready reference by several countries including Caribbean Island nation Antigua and Barbuda and Vietnam. While the Caribbean country’s Medical Council has adopted the book, Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology has recommended its use for public health. The list of co-authors includes KGMU VC Prof MLB Bhatt and head of infectious disease unit Dr D Himanshu among others from India and abroad.
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