Research Article
Associations of treated and untreated human papillomavirus infection with preterm delivery and neonatal mortality: A Swedish population-based study
Johanna Wiik , Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, Regional Cancer Centre West, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
This cohort study uses Swedish national registry data to investigate associations between maternal SARS-CoV-2 test positivity in pregnancy and neonatal outcomes
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Feb 9, 2021
No Covid-positive patients discharged alive after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Swedish study reports
Patients with Covid-19 who suffer a cardiac arrest, either in or out of the hospital, are substantially more likely to die than patients who do not have the coronavirus, according to findings from an observational registry-based study from Sweden.
Though Covid-19 primarily manifests as a severe respiratory infection, “numerous studies demonstrate that cardiovascular complications are common, and pre-existing cardiovascular conditions are predictors of survival in Covid-19,” senior study author Araz Rawshani, MD, PhD, of the Institute of Medicine at the University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden, and colleagues explained in the
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Two studies today suggest that COVID-19 patients who are very frail or have a cardiac arrest are two three times more likely to die than those not infected with the virus.
Frailty, COVID-19, and critical care
The first study, an observational investigation led by researchers at the University of Birmingham in England and published in
Age and Ageing, involved 5,711 COVID-19 patients with a median age of 74 years at 55 hospitals in 12 countries.
The investigators found that the risk of death rose with advancing age, with those older than 80 at 3.6 times the risk of death as those 18 to 49. Very frail COVID-19 patients (Clinical Frailty Score [CFS], 8) were 3.0 times more likely to die than those with a low score (1 to 3), independent of age. CFS scores of 4 to 9 were associated with increased likelihood of adverse outcomes. Frailty is a state in which the body is more susceptible to the effects of illness.