Editors: Sanjay Kumar Bhadada, Neeraj Mittal, Om Prakash Katare, Varun Garg

COVID-19: Effects in Comorbidities and Special Populations

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ISBN: 978-981-5036-37-4 (Print)
ISBN: 978-981-5036-36-7 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2022
DOI: 10.2174/97898150363671220101

Introduction

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected millions of people across the world. Clinicians and scientists across the globe need all the information of this pandemic on one platform. Today, it is also necessary to find out the association of COVID-19 with various medical comorbidities, and its effect on vulnerable populations that require special medical attention. This information will be helpful for the management of COVID-19.

COVID-19: Effects in Comorbidities and Special Populations is a concise and visual reference for information about this viral disease and its relationship with different medical conditions. The book provides comprehensive knowledge covering COVID-19 comorbidities (for example, CVD, Diabetes, etc.) and the incidence in specific groups (for example, children and the elderly).

Key Features:

  • - 12 chapters covering several aspects of COVID-19 management, making this a perfect text book for virologists and medical students
  • - Focused and structured description of different effects of COVID-19 in specific patient groups
  • - Multiple tables and figures which summarizes and highlight important points
  • - Multiple choice questions for learners
  • - Detailed list of references, abbreviations and symbols

This book is an essential reference for practicing and training virologists, pulmonologists, medical students and scientists working in research labs, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in connection with the control of COVID-19 infection.

Preface

The corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected millions of people across the world. The clinicians and scientists across the globe need all the information of this pandemic disease at one platform. Today, apart from the management of COVID-19, it is very necessary to find out the association of COVID-19 with various comorbidities and its effect on special populations. It is the need of the hour to have a crisp, concise literature regarding the association of COVID-19 with various comorbidities like diabetes, CVD, etc. Thus we have decided to write this book in continuation with our previous book “COVID-19: Diagnosis and Management”.

This book is a concise and visual reference for this viral disease. The book will provide a comprehensive knowledge which will cover all the aspects of COVID-19 with respect to comorbidities, special populations and their management.

Key Features:

  • Chapter vise description and segregation of various comorbidities and COVID-19
  • Twelve chapters covering all the aspects of COVID-19 making this a perfect text book for virologist and medical students
  • Multiple tables and figures which summarizes and highlight important points
  • Multiple choice questions
  • A detailed list of references, abbreviations and symbols
  • This book provides an essential reference for practicing and training virologists, pulmologists, medical students, scientists working in various research labs, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries on COVID-19.

    Sanjay Kumar Bhadada
    Department of Endocrinology
    Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research
    Chandigarh-160012
    India

    Neeraj Mittal
    Department of Endocrinology
    Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research
    Chandigarh-160012
    India

    &

    Chitkara College of Pharmacy
    Chitkara University
    Punjab,
    India

    O. P. Katare
    University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
    UGC Centre of Advanced Studies, Panjab University
    Chandigarh-160014
    India

    &

    Varun Garg
    Department of Medical Affairs
    Cadila Healthcare Limited
    Ahmedabad 382421, Gujarat
    India