Publications by authors named "David Lazuk"
Main Objective: There is limited information on how patient outcomes have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study characterizes changes in mortality, intubation, and ICU admission rates during the first 20 months of the pandemic.
Study Design And Methods: University of Wisconsin researchers collected and harmonized electronic health record data from 1.
Article Synopsis
- The study analyzed data from over 104,000 COVID-19 patients to understand the impact of smoking status, nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), and vaccination on severe outcomes like death and ICU admission.
- Both current and never smokers had similar outcomes, but former smokers experienced higher risks of death and ICU admission.
- Current smokers receiving NRT had reduced mortality rates, and vaccination was more effective in lowering mortality for current and former smokers compared to never smokers.
Background: There is mixed evidence about the relations of current versus past cancer with severe COVID-19 outcomes and how they vary by patient and cancer characteristics.
Methods: Electronic health record data of 104,590 adult hospitalized patients with COVID-19 were obtained from 21 United States health systems from February 2020 through September 2021. In-hospital mortality and ICU admission were predicted from current and past cancer diagnoses.