ea0079019 | Abstracts | BES2021
Jeroen M.K. de Filette
, Bastiaan Sol
, Gil Awada
, Corina E. Andreescu
, David Unuane
, Duc Nam Nguyen
, Sandrine Aspeslagh
, Jan Poelaert
, Brigitte Velkeniers
, Bert Bravenboer
Background : The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is of an unprecedented scale, with an ever-growing impact on healthcare systems. The clinical presentation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is diverse, ranging from asymptomatic illness to respiratory failure requiring admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Risk factors for severe presentation include old age, male gender, underlying comorbidities such as metabolic syndr...