The role of demographic and clinical characteristics on risk of COVID-19 related infection and mortality

ABSTRACT

Since the emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) which causes Covid-19, global health systems have struggled to cope with the rising number of related infections, acute admissions and mortalities. Acknowledgements I wish to acknowledge the contribution of Professor John Faul and his team at Connolly, Hospital, Blanchardstown who undertook extensive data collection as part of a clinical audit of outcomes following SARSCov-2 infection and provided such data for analysis in this study. [...]I wish to acknowledge the support offered by my family for the duration of the study.