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Are smoking, environmental pollution, and weather conditions risk factors for COVID-19?

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (5), 2020
ABSTRACT Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the highly contagious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is probably systemic, has a major respiratory component, and is transmitted by person-to-person contact, via airborne droplets or aerosols. In the respiratory tract,...

Severity of lung involvement on chest X-rays in SARS-coronavirus-2 infected patients as a possible tool to predict clinical progression: an observational retrospective analysis of the relationship between radiological, clinical, and laboratory data

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (5), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of a chest X-ray (CXR) score and of clinical and laboratory data in predicting the clinical course of patients with SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Methods: This is a pilot multicenter retrospective study including patients with SARS...

COVID-19 morbidity and mortality in 2020: the case of the city of Rio de Janeiro

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (5), 2020