Long-term Care, Malnutrition and Covid-19: A Framework of Situation

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), induced by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, first developed in China in December 2019 and has since spread throughout the world [1]. It may progress to pneumonia, which necessitates hospitalization, or to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome, which requires treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU) [2]. Malnutrition is a side effect of infectious respiratory diseases, and this can exacerbate the prognosis [3]. According to research, approximately 50 % of the patients with COVID-19 have gustatory and olfactory nerves dysfunction [4].