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Covid patients with history of malnutrition at higher risk of death, finds study

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NEW DELHI : Adults and children with covid-19 who have had a history of malnutrition may have an increased likelihood of death and the need for mechanical ventilation, new research published in Scientific Reports shows.

The study done by Children's Hospital of Orange County, California, USA, investigated the associations between malnutrition diagnoses and subsequent covid-19 severity, using medical records for 8,604 children and 94,495 adults (older than 18 years) who were hospitalized with covid-19 in the US between March and June 2020.

Patients with a diagnosis of malnutrition between 2015 and 2019 were compared with patients without the condition. Malnutrition hampers the proper functioning of the immune system and is known to

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