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Kristina L Bailey1, Derrick R Samuelson2, Todd A Wyatt3
1Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Omaha-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, NE, 68105, United States; Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-5910, United States.
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Alcohol misuse is long established as a contributor to the pathophysiology of the lung. The intersection of multi-organ responses to alcohol-mediated tissue injury likely contributes to the modulation of lung in response to injury. Indeed, the negative impact of alcohol on susceptibility to infection and on lung barrier function is now well documented. Thus, the alcohol lung represents a very likely comorbidity for the negative consequences of both COVID-19 susceptibility and severity. In this review, we present the known alcohol misuse ramifications on the lung in the context of the current coronavirus pandemic.
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