Open AccessPredictors for Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Healthcare Workers
Author(s) -
Fathiya El-Raey,
Mohamed Alboraie,
Naglaa Youssef,
Ahmed F. Yousef,
Ahmed Abdelmoaty,
Essam A. Hassan,
Sahar M. Hassany,
Sherief Abd-Elsalam,
Ramy Elsharkawy,
Khaled Farrag,
Mohamed Elbadry,
Mohammed Tag-Adeen,
Nermeen Abdeen,
Omar Elshaarawy,
Tamer Haydara,
Ahmed M. Hassan,
Mohamed Elsayed,
Yasser Ahmed Fouad,
Amal AbdelBaki,
Samy Zaky
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s335226
Subject(s) - medicine , infection control , health care , disease , intensive care unit , population , cross sectional study , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , environmental health , pathology , economics , economic growth
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are still at higher risk of acquiring severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections than the general population. Identifying risk factors associated with severe SARS-CoV-2 infections is of paramount importance to protect HCWs and the non-infected patients attending different healthcare facilities.