Chronic obstructive lung diseases as a risk factor for severe

Аннотация

The review presents meta-analyses and original studies data of severe outcomes of COVID-19 infection in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The main risk factors for the severe course of COVID-19 in many studies have been identified as follows: age over 65 years, chronic lung diseases, systemic arterial hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, immunosuppression, chronic kidney and liver diseases. It was shown that patients with concomitant respiratory diseases were 4.2 times more likely to have a severe course of COVID-19 (OR 4.21; 95% CI 2.9–6.0), especially in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .