SHM Converge Scientific Abstract ePoster Gallery-The Effect of Comorbidities on Level of Care, Survival, and Mortality in Covid-19 Patients

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This document is a quick-start guide for a PowerPoint research poster template designed for virtual presentations in a 16:9 widescreen format. It explains how to use the template to create a professional poster by adding text, tables, charts, and photos, and directs users to online tutorials and printing services from PosterPresentations.com.<br /><br />Key instructions include checking that the correct template size is being used, with optional print sizes listed as 27 x 48, 36 x 64, and 45 x 80 inches. The guide explains how to zoom in and out in PowerPoint, use rulers and guides for alignment, and work with pre-built section headers such as Abstract, Objectives, Methods, and Results. It recommends adding all content first before formatting, then adjusting font sizes and graphics to fit the layout.<br /><br />The guide also covers inserting and resizing photos correctly, emphasizing proportional resizing and image quality checks at 100–200% zoom. Users are shown how to change template colors and column layouts using Slide Master, hide the side guide bars, and preview the poster with F5 before presenting. It also mentions that the poster can be published and shared virtually through an online research poster library.<br /><br />The latter part of the document contains an example COVID-19 research poster summary. It describes a cross-sectional study of 537 hospitalized COVID-19 patients using electronic medical records. The study found that male sex and a higher number of comorbidities were associated with greater ICU-level care and mortality. Specific conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, COPD, and chronic kidney disease were linked to worse outcomes. Age, BMI, level of care, and cardiovascular disease were identified as independent predictors of death in multivariate analysis.

Asset Subtitle

Robert G. Courgi

Meta Tag

Author List Justin Newman, Nassef Ibrahim, Robert G. Courgi, Robert G. Courgi

Category Research

Concept Comorbidity

Concept Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

Concept Mortality

Concept Number of Comorbidities

Concept Cardiovascular Disease

Distinguished Non-Finalist

Presenter Organization St. Catherine of Siena Hospital / Catholic Health Services Long Island

Presenting Author Robert G. Courgi

Track Outcomes Research

Keywords

PowerPoint poster template

research poster

virtual presentation

16:9 widescreen

Slide Master

poster formatting

COVID-19 study

hospitalized patients

comorbidities

mortality predictors

Comorbidity

Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

Mortality

Number of Comorbidities

Cardiovascular Disease