en Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;">The health-care system should be ready to deal with a large number of COVID-19 patients who may require critical care. Patients with severe consequences should have well-rehearsed and structured protocols for quick identification, isolation, triage, and care plans. The higher incidence of metabolic syndrome combined with COVID-19 shows that concurrence of these two disorders, as well as the therapeutic and care issues they cause, should be thoroughly investigated to improve defense against disease along its course and more caution and special supportive care should be taken to avoid future problems.</span></span></span></p> COVID-19 -Metabolic syndrome-pandemic 107 108 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-6004-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Nader Agakhani naderaghakhani2000@gmail.com 5200319475328460074821 5200319475328460074821 No Patient Safety Research Center, Institute of Clinical Research, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran Fariba Hosseinzadegan f.hosseinzadegan62@gmail.com 5200319475328460074822 5200319475328460074822 Yes Food and Beverages Safety Research Center, Institute of Clinical Research, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran