SEOUL, June 11 — South Korean doctors have found certain underlying conditions that may make some Covid-19 patients more severely affected by the disease, a professor at Yeungnam University Medical Centre said yesterday. The findings could help doctors identify and prioritise high-risk patients...
People ride a water slide in Yongin, South Korea, as measures to avoid the spread of the Covid-19 continue June 5, 2020. — Reuters pic
The findings could help doctors identify and prioritise high-risk patients at an early stage of the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, Ahn June-hong, professor of internal medicine, told Reuters. The team of doctors observed 110 coronavirus patients at a hospital in Daegu, the epicentre of South Korea's outbreak, from February 19 to April 15.
Because such patients were significantly older than others, they were more likely to have diabetes and lower peripheral oxygen saturation, the paper said.
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