COVID-19: a cross-sectional study of suspected cases admitted to a federal hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and factors associated with hospital death
Epidemiologia E Servicos De Saude
; 30(1):12, 2021.
Article
in English
| Web of Science | ID: covidwho-1177861
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of suspected COVID-19 cases admitted to a federal hospital in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, and to identify factors associated with death.Methods:
This was a cross-sectional study using local epidemiological surveillance data as at epidemiological week 27 of 2020 and logistic regression.Results:
376 hospitalized suspected COVID-19 cases were included;52.9% were female, 57.4% were 50 years old or over and 80.1% had comorbidities. 195 (51.9%) COVID-19 cases were confirmed and their lethality was higher (37.9%) than among discarded cases (24.2%). In the adjusted analysis, death among confirmed cases was associated with being in the 50-69 age group (OR= 11.65 - 95%CI 1.69;80.33), being aged 70 or over (OR= 8.43 - 95%CI 1.22;58.14), presence of neoplasms (OR= 4.34 - 95%CI 1.28;14.76) and use of invasive ventilatory support (OR= 70.20 - 95%CI 19.09;258.19).Conclusion:
High prevalence of comorbidities and lethality was found;the main factors associated with death were being older, neoplasms and invasive ventilatory support.
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Web of Science
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Epidemiologia E Servicos De Saude
Year:
2021
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Article
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