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cord-293575-h3wc7j4v	Adrish, Muhammad	Association of smoking status with outcomes in hospitalised patients with COVID-19	2020-10-05		.txt	text/plain	2658	181	55	Univariate Cox model for survival analysis by smoking status showed that among smokers only current smokers had higher risk of death compared with never smokers (HR 1.61, 95% CI 1.22 to 2.12, p<0.001). CONCLUSION: In our large single-centre retrospective database of patients hospitalised with COVID-19, smoking was associated with development of critical illness and higher likelihood of death. Our hospital is located in New York City where 13.1% of the Key Messages ► Does the smoking status affect outcomes of hospitalised patients with COVID-19. We included adult patients (aged 18 and above) with known smoking status who were hospitalised with COVID-19 for whom severity of illness could be established and had final disposition status at the time of the study. Use of tocilizumab was suggested in patients with evidence of disease progression (defined as worsening respiratory status or radiographic findings) and increasing inflammatory markers early in their acute COVID-19 illness.	./cache/cord-293575-h3wc7j4v.txt	./txt/cord-293575-h3wc7j4v.txt