Posted on 04/23/2020 10:52:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Most patients in New York City hospitalized with the CCP virus suffered from at least one underlying health issue, such as obesity or kidney disease, according to a new study.
Researchers analyzed records from 5,700 patients and found over 56 percent suffered from hypertension. Another 41 percent had obesity, while 33 percent suffered from diabetes.
Ninety-four percent of the patients had more then one disease, according to the study, which was published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA).
Patients with diabetes were more likely to require assistance breathing from ventilators, treatment in intensive care units, or develop acute kidney disease.
Of the 2,634 patients for whom outcomes were known, 14 percent were treated in ICUs, 12 percent received invasive mechanical ventilation, and 3 percent needed kidney replacement therapy. Twenty-one percent passed away, including nearly 9 out of 10 of the patients who received mechanical ventilation, including 97 percent for patients 65 or older.
The patients were hospitalized at hospitals run by Northwell Health, the largest academic health system in New York. They were admitted between March 1 and April 4.
About 6 out of 10 patients were male and the median age was 63.
Dr. Karina Davidson, one of the doctors who conducted the study, said in an emailed statement that the research revealed some surprising results.
For example, just one third of the patients triaged had signs of fever. Of those discharged or died, 16 percent were younger than 50. We hope to explore further in our research, including going beyond the data collected from electronic health records to better understand the viruss effects, said Davidson, professor and senior vice president at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research.
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Underlying conditions are a major factor but so many have died at various ages which just speaks to the damn evil wretchedness of the ChiCom Virus.
Most American adults have underlying health issues.
Calculate what Cuhomo said today and NYC gets a .006% death rate. And that’s in a closed quarter city!
For that we are destroying America, it’s businesses and it’s people???
I mean at this point if I can figure this out why can’t 5D chess player President Trump?
“Another 41 percent had obesity,”
Well, 28% of all new yorkers are obese, so 41% hospitalization is not all that far off; given that many obese people have other conditions (many are obese because of those conditions), it hardly seems rational to claim that obesity itself is a serious risk
Now, look at diabetes. About 11% of new yorkers are diagnosed; the hospitalization rate is 33%. That’s triple, and that indicates a serious link between diabetes and bad cases of COVID.
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