Pre-COVID-19 lung function and other risk factors for severe COVID-19 in first responders

Michael D Weiden; Rachel Zeig-Owens; Ankura Singh; Theresa Schwartz; Yang Liu; Brandon Vaeth; Anna Nolan; Krystal L Cleven; Karen Hurwitz; Shenecia Beecher; David J Prezant

doi:10.1183/23120541.00610-2020

Pre-COVID-19 lung function and other risk factors for severe COVID-19 in first responders

ERJ Open Res. 2021 Jan 25;7(1):00610-2020. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00610-2020. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Authors

Michael D Weiden^{1

2}, Rachel Zeig-Owens^{1

3

4}, Ankura Singh^{1

3}, Theresa Schwartz^{1

3}, Yang Liu^{1

3}, Brandon Vaeth^{1

3}, Anna Nolan^{1

2}, Krystal L Cleven³, Karen Hurwitz¹, Shenecia Beecher¹, David J Prezant^{1

3

5}

Affiliations

¹ The Bureau of Health Services and the FDNY World Trade Center Health Program, Fire Dept of the City of New York, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
² Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division, Depts of Medicine and Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
³ Pulmonary Medicine Division, Dept of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁴ Division of Epidemiology, Dept of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁵ Office of Medical Affairs, Fire Dept of the City of New York, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Abstract

Risk factors for #COVID19 infection and severe disease (hospitalisation or death) in NYC first responders: greater pre-pandemic rate of FEV₁ decline is associated with severe COVID-19, as is emergency medical service work versus firefighting https://bit.ly/3nZPuZY.

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